So what i was finding the necessary format to this . Is there a half hour reading and q a . We will do some q a and not as many of these in the past, the q a seems to stretch out a long time. The reading i did in the city, my brain still works so i can write to facebook as i speak. The best passages that most wanted to be read, and and it gets shot down, the famous sexist paragraph that will go on my tombstone, and quoted in every review completely out of context and what surprised me was the facebook by guy, weird mafia boss ill meeting and the story where i. Up the plumbing. Any other seen somebody wants a reading . Some characters in the book are standing here by the way. The last reading, british trader was there, my kids were there, chose not to out themselves. The israeli with a face like that sheet of plywood. He interviewed me at facebook and made the decision, i got hired. Anyone else have a passage you really want me to read and willing to raise your hand and say i want you t
Every stillness every day will make movement more tolerable. For more information on bob tvs recent visit to Santa Barbara and the many other destinations on tower cities tour go to cspan. Org citiestour. Now a panel on the life and career of recent lid retired librarian of congress, james billington. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Please take your seats. Humbled to be next to any understanding is were live on cspan, so behave yourselves. Welcome to valentines day a bit early. Im jane harmon, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and i cant imagine what the Wilson Center would look like today if nobody had been smart enough to put Jim Billington in charge. [applause] we have no Cannon Institute no wilson quarterly, two projects at the heart of what we do. 0 who knows how many friends and how much wisdom would we would have missed out on. Jim played a special role in my own education, my russian education. We crossed paths while i was in moscow on a congressional delegat
After words programs on our web site, booktv. Org. And now a panel on the life and career of recentlyretired librarian of Congress James billington. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Please take your seats. My understanding is were live on cspan, so behave yourselves. Inform. [laughter] welcome to valentines day a bit early. Im jane harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center, and i cant and we cant imagine what the Wilson Center would look like today if nobody had been smart enough to put Jim Billington in charge. [applause] wed have no kennon institute, no wilson quarterly, two projects at the heart of what we do. Who knows how many friends, how much wisdom we would have missed out on. Jim played a special role in my own education, my russian education. We crossed paths while i was in moscow on a congressional delegation, and he took us all on a tour of the creme lip. Kremlin. Priceless. Jim, your command of russia, its history and its culture shows up everyone here. Y