Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes
Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.

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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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I am not honest.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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Diversity is not just the right thing to do but right for business.
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One of the things I worked very hard on all my life was to be like everyone else. I tried very hard to fit in.
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There are scenes here and effects here that would make George S. Patton wince.
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Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing domestic social and economic problems in certain countries. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.
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Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.
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Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.