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Robert Caro Quotes

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for Picture Quote #1

Nobody believes this, but I write very fast Picture Quote #1

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work Picture Quote #1

The Senate is an unknowing world Picture Quote #1

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy Picture Quote #1

It’s very easy to fool yourself that you’re working, you know, when you’re really not working very hard. I mean, I’m very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule Picture Quote #1

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Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It’s really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that Picture Quote #1

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there’s something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that’s timeless Picture Quote #1

I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world Picture Quote #1

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work Picture Quote #1

Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don’t take days off as long as I’m working on something that’s supposed to be all in the same mood Picture Quote #1

Robert Moses wasn’t elected to anything. We’re taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes during a ballet I’ll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage Picture Quote #1

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15 Picture Quote #1

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you’re in another world Picture Quote #1

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party Picture Quote #1

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations Picture Quote #1

We’re taught Lord Acton’s axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don’t believe it’s always true any more. Power doesn’t always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals Picture Quote #1

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Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion Picture Quote #1

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing Picture Quote #1

Sometimes during a ballet I’ll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage Picture Quote #1

I don’t think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If it’s coming near the end of a chapter and I’m really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I’m excited to get to work Picture Quote #1

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Power doesn’t always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives Picture Quote #1

There’s a real feeling when you know you’re getting it right. It’s a physical feeling Picture Quote #1

Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don’t take days off as long as I’m working on something that’s supposed to be all in the same mood Picture Quote #1

If things are going well, if the writing’s coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled Picture Quote #1

Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It’s really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that Picture Quote #1

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I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for (Robert Caro Quotes) Nobody believes this, but I write very fast (Robert Caro Quotes) Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work (Robert Caro Quotes) The Senate is an unknowing world (Robert Caro Quotes) The right of a minority is so important in a democracy (Robert Caro Quotes) It’s very easy to fool yourself that you’re working, you know, when you’re really not working very hard. I mean, I’m very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule (Robert Caro Quotes) Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It’s really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that (Robert Caro Quotes) I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there’s something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that’s timeless (Robert Caro Quotes) I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world (Robert Caro Quotes) Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work (Robert Caro Quotes) Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don’t take days off as long as I’m working on something that’s supposed to be all in the same mood (Robert Caro Quotes) Robert Moses wasn’t elected to anything. We’re taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years (Robert Caro Quotes) Sometimes during a ballet I’ll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage (Robert Caro Quotes) The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15 (Robert Caro Quotes) You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you’re in another world (Robert Caro Quotes) Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party (Robert Caro Quotes) The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations (Robert Caro Quotes) We’re taught Lord Acton’s axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don’t believe it’s always true any more. Power doesn’t always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals (Robert Caro Quotes) Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion (Robert Caro Quotes) You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing. (Robert Caro Quotes) Sometimes during a ballet I’ll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage. (Robert Caro Quotes) I don’t think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works. (Robert Caro Quotes) 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 Quotes) If it’s coming near the end of a chapter and I’m really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I’m excited to get to work. (Robert Caro Quotes) Power doesn’t always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. (Robert Caro Quotes) I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives. (Robert Caro Quotes) There’s a real feeling when you know you’re getting it right. It’s a physical feeling. (Robert Caro Quotes) Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don’t take days off as long as I’m working on something that’s supposed to be all in the same mood. (Robert Caro Quotes) If things are going well, if the writing’s coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled. (Robert Caro Quotes) Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It’s really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that. (Robert Caro Quotes)

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