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Robert Caro
Robert Caro
American Writer
Born: Oct 30, 1935
Ballet Life Political Power Work You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
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
Power Corrupts Corrupts Power Believe Books Corrupt About More More Power Absolute Absolute Power Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely Cleanse True Reveals Always Lord Any Taught Believed Started Axiom
In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be. Robert Caro
Democracy Better Political Political Power Power Our About More Supposedly Know Box Ballot Ballot Box Hold Choices Should Theory Therefore
When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do. Robert Caro
You Power Enough See Guy Always Wanted Then
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life. Robert Caro
Life You Wonderful Sometimes Older Something Something New Feel New Come Get Your Harder
At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life. Robert Caro
Life You Rest Something Higher Outside Feel Like Ballet Than Really Your Presence
Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery. Robert Caro
Me Unravel Mystery Sort Ballet Want
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
Long Leader Party Lyndon Lyndon Johnson Everyone Rise Johnson Could Through Take He His Years Led Up Senate Seniority Really Used Believed Four Assistant Two
I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience. Robert Caro
Great You Experience Older Pretty Totally New Come Like Because Ballets Get Experiences Harder
I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why. Robert Caro
Old Never Know Until Ballet Years Why
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
You Book Sometimes Say Gee Something More Feel Years Timeless Sells Than Did Endures Then Your
My predictions are notably inaccurate. Robert Caro
Predictions Inaccurate
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
Beautiful Sometimes Stage See Faces Concentrating Look Beautiful Thing Around Ballet Up Intent Thing Rows
The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage. Robert Caro
Music You Sometimes Dance Stage Embodies See Almost Feel Like Ballet Up Notes
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
Life Wonderful My Life First Rose See Something Scene Had Knew New Come Still Ballet Curtain Moment
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
Day Happy Writing Out Has-Been Bad Previous Along Well Bed Coming Been Jump Get Going Disgruntled Things
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
Work Chapter Tend Excited Because Coming End Up Get Getting Just Just Because Really Near Earlier
I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to. Robert Caro
Work Writing Long Late Out Long Hours Throwing Generally Stuff Hours Very Than Quit Afternoon Realize Then Used Earlier Started
Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day. Robert Caro
Day Every Day People Political Political Power Example Long Power Every Way Long Island Perfect Perfect Example Shaped Shapes Moses Robert Because Island How Largely Lives
Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency. Robert Caro
Trust People Result Lost Live Every Presidency Lyndon President Lyndon Johnson Johnson He American Did American People Vietnam
Whenever I go to work I wear a jacket and a tie, because I'm inherently quite lazy, and my books take so long to do, and my publishers don't bug me, so it's so easy to fool yourself into thinking you're working harder than you really are. Robert Caro
Work Me You Fool Yourself Long Thinking Books Easy Wear Take Lazy Bug Tie Because Go Than Jacket Quite Whenever Really Working Inherently Harder Publishers
There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling. Robert Caro
You Feeling Physical Know Real Real Feeling Getting Right
I trained myself to be organized. Robert Caro
Myself Trained Organized
The right of a minority is so important in a democracy. Robert Caro
Democracy Minority Important Right

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