Douglas Brinkley Quotes
To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.
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'Discipleship' as a term has lost its content, and this is one reason why it has been moved aside. I've tried to redeem the idea of discipleship, and I think it can be done; you have to get it out of the contemporary mode.
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I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that.
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As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that.
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To me, a life that doesn't change things and touch people's lives is pretty meaningless.
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There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.
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To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio.
