{"id":8196,"date":"2018-10-10T19:41:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T19:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=8196"},"modified":"2018-10-10T21:59:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T21:59:48","slug":"kerrey-bob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/kerrey-bob\/","title":{"rendered":"KERREY, Bob"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"none\">BOB KERREY &#8211; Author Quote Page<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1453315804311{margin-top: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-book&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Citation&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588223-e020d87d-f7dd094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong>U<\/strong>nexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change\u2026kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our nature.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~<strong>Bob Kerrey<\/strong>, American business leader &amp; politician<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\u201cThe Challenge of Freedom\u201d (12 May 2002) <em>Parade Magazine<\/em>, New York, NY: Parade Publications, p. 16, column 4; in <em>St. Louis Sunday Post-Dispatch<\/em>, Vol. 124, No. 132, St. Louis, MO, p. 414 of full edition; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newspapers.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-plus-circle&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Context&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p><strong><em>Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Recalling the kindness of a doctor who removed a scar from Kerrey\u2019s amputated leg]:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf all the things I have learned in my lifetime, the one with greatest value is that <span style=\"color: #003380\">unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change.<\/span> Competition will improve quality and lower costs. Confidence will enable us to climb a mountain instead of a molehill. But kindness that catches us by surprise brings ou the best in our natures.\u201d (p. 16, column 4)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-search&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Source Link&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc7a00\"><strong><em>Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe Challenges of Freedom\u201d (12 May 2002) online via <em>St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em> &amp; Newspapers.com [subscription service]: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/142806647\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/142806647\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"section-title\">Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;Wrapper-Author-Resources&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #b04b04\"><strong>Learn more about Bob Kerrey\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Bob Kerrey, Executive Chairman of the Minerva Institute for Research and Scholarship<\/strong>\u2019 | <strong>Minerva<\/strong> \u2013 Executive profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minerva.kgi.edu\/people\/bob-kerrey\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.minerva.kgi.edu\/people\/bob-kerrey\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Joseph Robert Kerrey<\/strong>\u2019 | <strong>com<\/strong> \u2013 Brief biographical information, Naval service overview and accomdation details; online via Navy Seals (U.S. Navy): <a href=\"https:\/\/navyseals.com\/ns-overview\/notable-seals\/joseph-robert-kerrey\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/navyseals.com\/ns-overview\/notable-seals\/joseph-robert-kerrey\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2018Kerrey, J. Robert, (1943- )\u2019<\/strong>|<strong>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress<\/strong> \u2013 Brief biography on the official Congressional biography page: <a href=\"http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=K000146\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=K000146<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Kerrey, Joseph R<\/strong>.\u2019 | <strong>Congressional Medal of Honor Society<\/strong> \u2013 Details related to Kerry\u2019s May 14, 1970 Congressional Medal of Honor award: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipient-detail\/3329\/kerrey-joseph-r.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipient-detail\/3329\/kerrey-joseph-r.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Joseph (Bob) Kerrey, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War<\/strong>\u2019 (October 2017) <strong>Medal of Honor Book <\/strong>\u2013 Brief video (7:10) of Kerrey discussing his family &amp; service; via MedalofHonorBook &amp; YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHAFZUOo8pY\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hHAFZUOo8pY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>Purdue Presidential Lecture Series: Sen. Bob Kerrey<\/strong>\u2019 (26 February 2018) <strong>Purdue Convocations<\/strong> \u2013 On-stage conversation with President Mitch Daniels and audience Q&amp;A session (video &#8211; 1:02:53) posted 2 March 2018; via Purdue Convocations &amp; YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nrhSLNLcDck\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nrhSLNLcDck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bob Kerrey<\/strong>|<strong>C-SPAN <\/strong>\u2013 Searchable library of 500+ videos related to Kerrey\u2019s speeches, debates, televised appearances, and interviews; online via C-SPAN: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/person\/?jkerrey\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/person\/?jkerrey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bob Kerrey<\/strong> | <strong>Facebook<\/strong> &#8211; @kerreybob: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kerreybob\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kerreybob\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><em>Image link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: KERREY, Bob (28 April 2016) Photo: David Hume Kennerly, LBJ Library, Speaking at LBJ Presidential Library\u2019s Vietnam War Summit panel about lessons learned from Vietnam War, No. DIG13876dhk_002, LBJ Library, Flickr: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lbjlibrarynow\/26096976283\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lbjlibrarynow\/26096976283\/<\/a> [Repeat Right edit \u2013 size &amp; clarity]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOB KERREY &#8211; Author Quote Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[140,61,644,108],"tags":[511,863,474],"class_list":["post-8196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american","category-business-leaders","category-born-in-nebraska","category-politicians","tag-governors","tag-senators","tag-veterans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YPRD-28c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}