The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
What the American Dream means to me is the fact that - what founded this country - when I think about those posters that were put up in Europe, which… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
What the American Dream means to me is the fact that - what founded this country - when I think about those posters that were put up in Europe, which…
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me to learn from th… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me to learn from th…
What I learned, more than anything, was that you can't have it all balanced perfectly at any one time. When I was young, it was much more balanced to… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
What I learned, more than anything, was that you can't have it all balanced perfectly at any one time. When I was young, it was much more balanced to…
I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build t… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build t…
If you interview five people about the same incident, and you see five different points of view, it makes you know what makes history so complicated.… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
If you interview five people about the same incident, and you see five different points of view, it makes you know what makes history so complicated.…
I think some people who go into public life, if they go in needing the applause of thousands, they're never going to work out successfully in the end… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
I think some people who go into public life, if they go in needing the applause of thousands, they're never going to work out successfully in the end…
Whatever it is that you do, if you have that passion and desire for it, that's the most important thing. - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Whatever it is that you do, if you have that passion and desire for it, that's the most important thing.
If your ambition comes at the price of an unbalanced life, that there's nothing else that gives you comfort but success, it's not worth it. - Doris Kearns Goodwin
If your ambition comes at the price of an unbalanced life, that there's nothing else that gives you comfort but success, it's not worth it.
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his cou… - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his cou…
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