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Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries."

I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt."

John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.




Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history."

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television."

I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television.




Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents."

It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you."

John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "There is nobody that's ever going to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes, and that's a tall order for somebody in the family to try to live up to."

There is nobody that's ever going to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes, and that's a tall order for somebody in the family to try to live up to.




Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him."

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "I feel like I'm always learning from people."

I feel like I'm always learning from people.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family."

If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Animals interest me more than anything else."

Animals interest me more than anything else.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie."

Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.




Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "I have a lot of books I want to write."

I have a lot of books I want to write.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Cronkite is not a genius at anything except being straight, honest, and normal."

Cronkite is not a genius at anything except being straight, honest, and normal.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock."

There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "John Kerry had a very vivid imagination as a young person. I mean, he actually did go and take his bicycle from Norway to go camp in Sherwood Forest to be around the ghost of Robin Hood."

John Kerry had a very vivid imagination as a young person. I mean, he actually did go and take his bicycle from Norway to go camp in Sherwood Forest to be around the ghost of Robin Hood.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond."

The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about."

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "One thing 'not right' on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches is the sad fact that the Edmund Pettus Bridge hasn't been renamed the John Lewis Bridge."

One thing 'not right' on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches is the sad fact that the Edmund Pettus Bridge hasn't been renamed the John Lewis Bridge.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Cronkite was always one step short of disillusionment."

Cronkite was always one step short of disillusionment.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "If life were fattening, Walter Cronkite would weigh 500 pounds."

If life were fattening, Walter Cronkite would weigh 500 pounds.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words."

Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.



Douglas Brinkley Quotes: "When he (Walter Cronkite) drank, he had an appetite for both history and political bullshit."

When he (Walter Cronkite) drank, he had an appetite for both history and political bullshit.