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And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again.
What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.
John Kennedy won the first televised presidential debate among those watching it, while Richard Nixon won among those listening on the radio.
If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.
When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who will host the show?' At some point, people just got used to it.
I would have to say that Richard Nixon is probably the most gifted and skilled political practitioner, in his pre-presidential years, of all of the American presidents in the 20th century.
If there was a turning point for me, it was 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri.' It is a very fine short novel. But it gave me very little satisfaction. Really. I decided I wasn't going to go down that avenue.
More than half the combat deaths in Vietnam occurred after Richard Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an end, and after the American people had already decided that they did not want one more soldier to die in Vietnam.
A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.
