warts and all

Our cities remain rich places, warts and all.

And though the book has its shortcomings, he rightly sees the movie as a kind of passkey into the history of the first half-century of Hollywood itself, warts and all.

He was a dad who was different than mine, certainly a lot wilder, and he was someone who wasn’t afraid to show warts and all, including his addiction issues.

Having spent nearly 50 years telling America’s stories, warts and all, Ken Burns knows better than to traffic in the reassurance business.

But receiving love for my whole self, warts and all—that was the first step toward transformation.