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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

Topics: Ever Family Fill Going Kennedy Live Nobody Order Shoes Somebody Tall Ted Try Up

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I feel like I'm always learning from people.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Always Feel Learning Like People I Feel I Feel Like

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I have a lot of books I want to write.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Books Lot Want Write

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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

Topics: Absolutely After Enemies Go He His John John Kerry Kerry List Ready Ruthless Want Would You

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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

Topics: Around Conservative Enemies Found He Him Like Liked Mediator Pragmatic Reagan Silver Things

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President Obama had a few historians at the White House for a couple of dinners. I was lucky enough to be one of those asked, and he was very interested in Ronald Reagan, and I came away feeling that.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Asked Away Came Couple Dinners Enough Feeling Few Had He Historians House Interested Lucky Obama President President Obama Reagan Ronald Reagan Those Very White White House I Came

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When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Bird Considered Country Dark Ecosystems Evil Forest Interconnectedness Later Matter Need Needed New Now Our Plow Settled Some Something Species Understanding Ways Why You

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Richard Kerry not only was a pilot in World War II, but was a civil servant. He did not come from money.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Civil Come Did He Kerry Money Only Pilot Richard Servant War World World War World War Ii

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John Kerry only went to prep schools because he had an aunt who had the money to pay for his way into those prep schools.

~Douglas Brinkley

Topics: Aunt Because Had He His His Way John John Kerry Kerry Money Only Pay Prep Schools Those Way Who

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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

Topics: Actually Around Bicycle Camp Did Forest Ghost Go Had He His Hood Imagination John John Kerry Kerry Mean Norway Person Robin Robin Hood Take Very Vivid Young Young Person

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 14th, 1960

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