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I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives

Robert Caro

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Robert Caro
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: October 30
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New York City
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Robert Allan Caro
Robert A. Caro
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I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.
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Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.
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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
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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.
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As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
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Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It's really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that.
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Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
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Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years
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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.
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