Rick Perlstein Quotes

Lyndon B. Johnson thought he'd have the boys home from Vietnam by Christmas - for four Christmases in a row (he never shifted course, and lost his presidency for it).

Rick Perlstein

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HomeThoughtLostChristmasNever

I think the best way to have confidence is not to allow everyone else's insecurities to be your own.

Jessie J

ConfidenceBestThinkWayOwnYour

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

Joe Torre

WinningFeelingNothingReplace

The most moving scene for me in 'Pride and Prejudice' is the Pemberley music room scene: Elizabeth has just saved Darcy's sister from embarrassment and confusion, and as the music plays on, Darcy's look of gratitude becomes a look of love, which we see reciprocated in Elizabeth's eyes.

Andrew Davies

LoveMusicGratitudeEyesMeSister

I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

Maynard Webb

TodayBestManRisksBrandHonor

My work is not great, but it's respectable.

Maurice Sendak

WorkGreatRespectable

Growing older doesn't bother me.

Angie Dickinson

MeGrowingBotherOlder

When I was a little kid, I told stories.

Stephen Tobolowsky

KidLittleStoriesLittle Kid

Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine.

Robin Gibb

MusicBigBeingKaraokeMachine

Regardless of Bill Clinton's politics or personal life, he grew up in obscurity and was elected to the presidency - twice. Don't take that away from him, because then you take it away from every other kid in America sitting out there in a school bus with a big dream.

Mike Huckabee

LifePoliticsSchoolAmericaYou

A duck tastes the same whether they're shot sitting or flying.

Jase Robertson

FlyingDuckSittingSameShot

I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.

Johnny Vegas

FeelDramaSeriousMy OwnAlways

My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.

Dennis Quaid

BaseballCareerLittleLittle League

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