If we want to understand the actions of a man in the early 1860's, put yourself back there in his shoes. As a young man he began piloting steamboats on the Mississippi, a job he loved and wanted to do… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Mark Twain married the daughter of one of New York State's leading Abolitionists, Jervis Langdon, who helped Frederick Douglass who became the great Negro leader to escape from slavery. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
The main thing about money is that it makes you do things you don't want to do. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
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