Kara Swisher Quotes
I think the way to be an influential journalist is to be accurate and to be fair and to get things right and to really characterize things in an honest way, versus being really snarky or cheerleading.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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I have my team. Like if you see everyone around me - I have my hair and makeup girl, my assistant. They're very calm, they're all about positive energy. There're no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
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I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.
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Back in the '70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was 'The Bad News Bears', and that was a kids' movie, but I don't think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids.
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I think the way to be an influential journalist is to be accurate and to be fair and to get things right and to really characterize things in an honest way, versus being really snarky or cheerleading.
