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Donald M. Stinson

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in Miami, Florida, The United States

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http://www.downstairsatthewhitehouse.com

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Memoir, History, Humor and Comedy

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At the age of 17, Don Stinson accidentally landed a job in the White House during Watergate, at the time the biggest political scandal in American history. A truly insignificant member of the Nixon White House staff, he frequently loitered outside of the Oval Office to watch it unfold.

A former newspaper executive and a graduate of American University, he is a member of The Author's Guild and an honorary member of the Union of Russian Journalists, a story that involves a great deal of vodka.

As curious as his link to Watergate are his ties to celebrity executions. Among others, Don is related to Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Anne Boleyn, and Lady Jane Grey, all of whom were beheaded. As a result, his family motto is “We don't just die. We’re e ...more

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“This much I know, however: looking back, I’m very glad that I didn’t have the kind of perpetual distractions that permeate society today. If I’d been constantly looking at a phone, I’d have surely missed a lot of memorable things.”
― Donald M. Stinson, Downstairs at the White House: The Story of a Teenager, an Oval Office, and a Ringside Seat to Watergate

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“There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.”
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“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see everyday, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.”
― Theodore White

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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
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“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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