I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.
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Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made.
In nominating young women and men to our service academies, it must only be about who you are, not who you know.
What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people.
I consider it probably one of the biggest honors to be in the Academy. There are only like 1300 actors in it, and as far as I know, you're a member for life. To this day, I'm wondering how lucky I was.
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.
As a son of an airman who was stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, it is my honor to nominate young people to our military academies.
The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
It's one of the wonderful things that the Academy does - a talented person comes along like Mira Sorvino, and it elevates them up to stardom.
I have been an outsider in journalism and in the academy, because I never fully belonged to any of them.
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