Christiane Amanpour Quotes
Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about it, and sometimes it's not the same thing.
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A lot of people have told me along the way that my style and the music I do... is unmarketable. But the only reason I'm successful is because I have stayed true to myself.
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You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you’re discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that.
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Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
