If we want to understand the actions of a man in the early 1860's, put yourself back there in his shoes. As a young man he began piloting steamboats on the Mississippi, a job he loved and wanted to do the rest of his life, he said. The Civil War ended traffic on the River and his job. He wrote about it in A History of A Campaign That Failed. He said: "I joined the Confederacy, served for two weeks, deserted, and the Confederacy fell." His attachment to the Southern ideal of slavery does not appear very sturdy.
This is a deep and personal topic in our society today. Read the papers. America is hurting because of it. For God's sake, speak up. Don't we need to… - Hal Holbrook
This is a deep and personal topic in our society today. Read the papers. America is hurting because of it. For God's sake, speak up. Don't we need to…
- Hal Holbrook
I have a suicide impulse. - Hal Holbrook
I have a suicide impulse.
When the audience begins to see the sunrise on that it's hard for them to turn away from it because they're listening to a man talking to them from o… - Hal Holbrook
When the audience begins to see the sunrise on that it's hard for them to turn away from it because they're listening to a man talking to them from o…
Death ends a life. But it doesn't end a relationship. - Hal Holbrook
Death ends a life. But it doesn't end a relationship.
Success is no longer content. It's how it sells. - Hal Holbrook
Success is no longer content. It's how it sells.
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is obj… - Hal Holbrook
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is obj…
I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble. - Hal Holbrook
I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.
Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than tha… - Hal Holbrook
Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than tha…
The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world… - Hal Holbrook
The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world…
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