Amanda Bennett Quotes
It's a time of great uncertainty, but we are focused on doing great journalism for ourselves because we want to and for our readers because they deserve it.
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I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
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Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive.
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In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
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Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.
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It's the nature of journalism to need to be close to your subjects. And either you're able to be tough on them, which a lot of us are, or you get in bed with them, and some people do.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.
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We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.
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People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.
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Sadly, journalism doesn't always state the obvious.
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Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.
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You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.
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It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.
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Hungry for both fantasy and inspiration, readers crave protagonists who, after overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, triumph at the end of the day.
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No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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As soon as I saw him again I could forget all this existed; I would be calm. Was that a definition of love: a force that can drug you with calm and help you forget all the sandpaper realities of the world?
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There are many people who live with terrorism every day.
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I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
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I don't go around looking at my pictures.
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It's a time of great uncertainty, but we are focused on doing great journalism for ourselves because we want to and for our readers because they deserve it.
