[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] booktv sat down with Hillary Clinton in little rock to discuss her newest book hard choices. I learned before that as a secretary of state to expect the unexpected. Nobody expected the socalled arab spring until it was upon us and we have to learn to be agile and ready for the unexpected. Why do we try to build the world that we want especially for our children and now for my future grandchild, but we have to be aware of the fact that all of these other countries over these billions of people they are making hard choices every single day. We have to be ready for that. Because i am absolutely convinced that we have to continue to lead the world and thintothe kind of future that w. We cant sit on the sidelines. We cant retreat areas we are going to have setbacks and disappointments. But over time our story has become the dominant story that represents the hopes and aspirations of people everywhe everywhere. Thats what i want
He was definitely an engaging teacher and as you mentioned his experiments influence a lot of people including including you. [inaudible] this is a bit of a followon and im still trying to formulate what is probably a very elementary question but you talk about all the research you did and obviously he mixes in real historical characters with his primary fictional characte characters. Was he primarily using fiction to illuminate history and historical forces or using history to illuminate human nature . Yes and yes. [laughter] i mean thats a huge question. One of the criticisms that this book has received is that tolstoy intentionally distort historical facts for his own purposes so for instance he creates in the character could to save us a far more salt of the earth kind of character than he actually was. He was apparently much more widely, much more questionable in terms of his morals so historians have accused the full story of using history and distorting it for his own ends. I do
You have to be careful if you will apply the rules proving youre getting a high rate of return, you really want to applied across the budget. Thats the idea of a zerobased budgeting and incremental budgeting and performance management. Im all in favor of it. Lets not apply it narrowly to the programs we need most to succeed. Yes, applied but lets appl appd across the board we dont sort of continue this on level Playing Field of where we allocate our resources. I have to stand and introduce myself. Chip, neighborhood guy here. So my question has to do with the concentration of wealth and how that fits into the model youve been talking about. I present you would say it makes the politics of change tougher, but im just wondering how you reflect upon it . So i actually, you are right all that on this and im trying to write more but i do think its an issue in our economy. I personally, one of the people who believe the very unequal this division of wealth is actually one of the causes of ou
This month. Three or four books that i think particularly good. I wish i could take credit. And the Brilliant Communications director came up with this. No one is going to be interested in what i am reading. Surprisingly has become quite a bit. They like it. Interestingly, the kind of like to know what your thinking about. It is kind of refreshing. It actually reads a little class action. Thank you. It was fun. What are you reading this summer . Tell us what is on your Summer Reading list. Postage your Facebook Page or send us a name of. Her. You can watch panels and multicultural Book Publishing, the black Arts Movement, and more first, founder Max Rodriguez kicks off the festival the talk of the state of africanamerican literature. There is always that conversation of home for us. And we have an answer from. The theme of this years book fair is global. As we all are. And the book fair from this point forward will reflect that. We started with an event yesterday that Columbia Universi
Sometimes but i still havent had a chance to read that in mind if it happened to these girls in nigeria and what is happening to women and girls around the world, this book, i am alone, about the young iranian system and her courageous effort at trying to get girls educated. Something in the world that makes certain people afraid of what happens when you educate girls and women. I dont quite get that. I am not naive insane. I do get it. I want to read this book. Its been on my desk for the longest time and i havent had a chance to get to it. This nigeria story has enriched all of our and i want to get out. I want to get that book number one. Angelica houston, who i love this and i turned as a book out called watch me. It is second part of her memoir. She written it into parts. Navigate the good stuff. The Jack Nicholson years and the Academy Award. So im excited to read her book because she comes from such a rich legacy. One of the first families in hollywood, three generations of Acad