Its been a wild and rolling couple of days. A lot of history packed into a very short period of time. I want to begin today as i did yesterday with a quote. I introduction only, i want to ask, anyone in here not see saving pry and saving private ryan . Anyone not see it . Thats what i figured. For those of us that have served, particularly for those of us that have faced combat. That opening scene is something that you will never forget. I hope you never forget it. But the sea most important to me, actually, came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan. Asked him to kneel down and he said to him two words. Earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved. As victories our increased and scale so much it be our exertions. Serve victory. Winston churchill said, we shall not win through the evils and our enemy we shall wind through the merit and ourselves. Deserve victory. Let that be the touchstone of every thought, word, and eat. Frankly i think a
Other 48 bookstores in book row shutteredded. The store was then passed on to my late father, fred bass, who grew the store to a scale and popularity he never thought was possible. Now im the owner, and some critics said as a woman its hard, going to be hard to run the store, and id get wiped out by, in this digital age. Right, ha. [laughter] so i want to thank you and the book Loving Community in this audience for helping us not only survive are, but thrive through the agings. [applause] so its impossible to realize tonights book, watergate girl, without drawing parallels to todays headlines. At the crossroads of the watergate scandal and womans d the Womans Movement stood a lawyer barely 30 years old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest ranking white house official. Amidst a failing marriage, having her house robbed and her privacy invaded, he fought to receive the. Respect afforded her male counterpartses. Tonights author, Jill Winebanks, is an msnbc analyst wh
Its been wild and woolly couple of days, lot of history packed into a short period of time. I want to begin today, as i did yesterday with a quote, and in the introduction to the quote, has anyone not seen saving private ryan . Anyone not seen it . Thats what i figured. For those of us that have served and particularly those of us that have faced combat that opening scene is something that youll never forget, ever. I hope you never forget it, but the scene most important to me actually came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan and he asked him to kneel down, and he said to him two words, earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved, and as the victories are increased in scale, so must be our exertions. Deserve victory, Winston Churchill said. We shall not win through the evils in our enemy, we shall win through the merit in ourselves. Deserve victory, and let that be the touchstone of every thought, word and deed. Frankly, i think about t
Good evening, everyone. Im just so so glad here tonight. Im going to say a few words about the strand before i welcome tonights guest. For a moment of history, the strand was founded 93 years ago by my grandfather, benjamin bass [applause] he founded the store in an area that was known as book row along Fourth Avenue just around the corner from here. It was the storm of the depression, and he defied the odds by surviving while all the other 48 bookstores in book row shutteredded. The store was then passed on to my late father, fred bass, who grew the store to a scale and popularity he never thought was possible. Now im the owner, and some critics said as a woman its hard, going to be hard to run the store, and id get wiped out by, in this digital age. Right, ha. [laughter] so i want to thank you and the book Loving Community in this audience for helping us not only survive are, but thrive through the agings. [applause] so its impossible to realize tonights book, watergate girl, without
Want to watch them in their entirety, visit our website booktv. Org. Ocess our archives by using the search box at the top of the page and search the economy in books. Good evening, everyone. Im so gladt. Youre here today. Im going to say a few words about this before i welcome tonights guest. For a moment of history, it was found 93 years ago by my grandfather, benjamin. [applause] he founded the store in the area known as grow along 4000 around the corner from here. Theres a storm of the depression and he fired the altar by surviving all the other 48 book stores. The store was passed on to my father who grew the store through popularity, he never thought it was possible. Now i am the owner and critics set as a woman, it is going to be hard to front the store and i get wiped out by this digital age. So i want to thank you in the book Loving Community in this audience for helping us not only survive but thrive through the ages. [applause] it is impossible to read tonight book, watergat