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I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I bel

I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term. – Robert Caro

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There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson – real lows. And its never come back. Its a trend that, if youre liberal, is really discouraging. – Robert Caro

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Trust
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You know, my first three or four drafts, you can see, are on legal pads in long hand. And then I go to a typewriter, and I know everybodys switching to a computer. And Im sort of laughed at. – Robert Caro

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legal
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Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency. – Robert Caro

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Im not sure history has ended. – John Bolton

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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. – David Brin

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History

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. – Vladimir Lenin

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History

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the poor. I cant stop to count it. – Evita Peron

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History

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Its funny with fiction – once you cut something, it hasnt happened anymore. – George Saunders

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I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but Ive always dreamed about decorating my babys nursery. – Rebecca Romijn

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Eventually I did that, but it took a lot of twists and turns, and there were a year or two there where I was living with no money at all – no home, no car, no nothing. I was living in somebodys garage in Los Angeles at that point – for a year. – Renny Harlin

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I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man. – Charlie Chaplin

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