Douglas Brinkley Quotes

The very fact that Barack Obama - an African-American - was twice elected to the presidency will always be the lead line in that hard-to-meld, gold-plated paragraph.

Douglas Brinkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1960

Topics

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Lasting peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan will be achieved when we establish the conditions for democratic, economically viable nations.

John Warner

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Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.

Anand Giridharadas

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Sometimes people think that regulating their emotions means trying to act as if they don't have feelings. But, that's not the case. A realistic view of emotions shows that we're capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions, but we don't have to be controlled by those emotions.

Amy Morin

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You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

Amber Heard

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I think that everybody is kind of a nerd at heart.

Simon Helberg

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It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials. And I did some of the very first rock videos.

Tony Scott

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Some magazines are run from the top down, where the editor-in-chief decides what every article is going to be and who's going to write them, and then they're doled out. My idea is to do it the opposite way, to do it from the bottom up.

Ruth Reichl

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Love is the driver for all great stories: not just romantic love, but the love of parent for child, for family, for country.

Jojo Moyes

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I'm all-American. Sexy but not intimidating. Not the kind of woman who's going to steal someone's husband.

Cindy Crawford

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I'm a woman now.

Brandy Norwood

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When you are coming out, you say it's for you. But when everybody says it's not OK, it becomes about that rather than about you. It disappointed me.

Anne Heche

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Live always in the best company when you read.

Sydney Smith

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