"Bob Hope was an entertainment colossus, shrewd and influential well beyond show business. Richard Zoglin's biography captures it all--the public and private Hope."

-- Tom Brokaw

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“â€¦Forgive us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of the common man, Of the men and women who shut the door and sit by the fire; Who fear the blessing of God, the loneliness of the night of God, the surrender required, the deprivation inflicted; Who fear the injustice of men less than the justice of God; Who fear the hand at the window, the fire in the thatch, the fist in the tavern, the push into the canal, Less than we fear the love of God.”
“Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.”
“I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.”
“My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google.”
“The overintellectualization of surrealism can be a bromide. A dream interpreted is a deflated dream.”
“The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.”
“While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.”

Source : "No Oprah in the Billionaire Club" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2010.
“Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are in for drug crimes.”

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