Douglas Brinkley Quotes

Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool.

Douglas Brinkley

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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.

Valerie Plame
- Time
- Believe
- Want
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.

Rachel Cusk
- Why
- True
- Free
As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.

Octavia Spencer
- Know
- Kind
- Always
Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.

Malcolm Gladwell
- Positive
- Follow
- Assume
I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.

Harry Callahan
- People
- Life
- Wish
Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.

Samuel P. Huntington