Nancy Gibbs Quotes
The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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Walking around the streets with our dog is what we did all the time in Washington. Making friends with new people is something we did a lot in Washington. Traveling overseas is something that my wife Robyn and I really enjoyed together. This is really who we are.
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Only 7 percent of NFL fans have ever been inside an NFL stadium.
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The comics were not only stories to enjoy; for me they were drawings that possessed me.
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I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'
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To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting.
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The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people.
