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I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents, there was a sense that something was going to happen. But then, I guess, the power of special interests was greater than public sentiment.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

Topics: About After Control Going Greater Guess Gun Gun Control Happen He Hook Interests Lot Met Obama Out Parents Power Public Sandy Sense Sentiment Something Special Special Interests Talked Than Then Think I Think

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I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they love and the people they've lost... I don't want to limit it to what they did in the office, but what happens at home and in their interactions with other people.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

Topics: About Closest Did Far Guys Happens Home Interactions Interested Limit Lost Love Means Office Other People Presidents Them Want Write I Write

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'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

Topics: Age Attention Bully Diminished Fragmented Media Our Pulpit Somewhat

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Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support both on the economy and the war or these things will really become troubling.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

Topics: Afghanistan Become Both Economy Going Keep Progress Public Really See Support Things Troubling War Will You

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Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

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My books are written with a strong chronological spine.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

Topics: Books Spine Strong Written

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My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be telling me everything I got wrong about them. I know that Johnson's out there saying, 'Why is it that what you wrote about the Kennedys is twice as long as the book you wrote about me?'

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

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I've been to the White House a number of times.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

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I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.

~Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: January 4th, 1943

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