342 Quotes by Ron Chernow

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    I'm disturbed by the words missing from the Trump campaign: Liberty, justice, freedom, and tolerance.

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    I just have been so surprised and delighted with what has happened with 'Hamilton.' It really has been one of the most enchanting experiences of my life.

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    I felt blessed by the existence of Horace Porter's 'Campaigning With Grant.'

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    When you're a biographer, you want to explore the very things that your subject didn't care to talk about.

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    I find that when I come upon something that I think is a historical revelation, I have the sort of adrenaline rush that I imagine a gambler gets in Las Vegas when he hits the jackpot. It's still tremendously exciting to me, and I think all of my peers in the business feel the same way.

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    I never imagined that Hamilton would be turned into a musical, much less a hip-hop musical. I think I can safely say that that's the last thing I would have expected.

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    I was quite bowled over by Isabel Wilkerson's masterly saga, 'The Warmth of Other Suns.'

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    The story of Alexander Hamilton lends itself to hip-hop treatment. Hamilton's personality is driven and unrelenting, and the music has that same quality. The music and the man mirror each other.

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    I never dreamed that I would be autographing Playbills.

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