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David Maraniss Quotes

The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1949

Topics

Time School Team Basketball White

I don't know the taxpayer has perhaps much of an understanding of just how much wealth has been and is being and can be created that flows through the economy and just how many jobs depend upon it.

Understanding Wealth Know Depend

I hold religious tendencies, but I'm not devout by any means.

Hold Religious Means Any Devout

Let's face it: the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies oftentimes when they had no violent crimes.

John Hickenlooper

War Face Prison Disaster May Well

I'm getting less and less interested in the problems of youth. I'm much more interested in the idea of emotional paralysis, and I find myself less interested in work that doesn't have anything to do with a conversation about the world.

Anna D. Shapiro

Work Myself Youth World Problems

A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces for the sake of urgent man-made needs.

Today Challenge Best Past Decisions

With Akismet, there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective?

Good World Interesting More Secret

When I was younger, everyone thought I was Courteney Cox.

Thought Everyone Younger Cox

I have a very muscular face.

Face Very Muscular

Every day I am on this Earth, I will do all I can for so many important causes.

Day I Am Every Day I Can Earth Will

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

Loneliness Solitude I Can Understand

In any novel I write, I have in my mind several things which happened in the protagonist's past which I never mention in the book.

Past Mind Book Never Write Things

It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story is her story. That this history belongs to all of us.

Girl History Light Story Washington

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