Gwen Ifill Quotes

Barack Obama's historic 2008 presidential campaign touched on all the themes I have covered throughout my career and all of the layers of meaning that run through black politics. Ambition. Aspiration. Fear. Folly. It was all on display as Obama boarded the roller coaster that ultimately led to the White House.

Gwen Ifill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 29, 1955 - November 14, 2016

Topics

FearPoliticsAmbitionBlackMeaning

We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum.

Jermaine Dupri

MomentumSameAlwaysOutArtists

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

John Nelson Darby

RealExistMakeChurchesThem

When I visited Ireland with my father and heard the people on the farm talking, I couldn't believe the gift of language they had. I felt very untalented.

John Patrick Shanley

FatherPeopleBelieveGiftLanguage

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

Stephen Mangan

FriendBestParentingBest FriendUs

After my neurosurgery, part of my brain was missing, and I had to deal with that. It wasn't the grey matter, but it was the gooey part dead center that makes key hormones and neurotransmitters.

Mary Lou Jepsen

BrainKeyGreyMatterDeadMissing

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. And I'll tell you a real quick thing: we didn't have a pro hockey team when I was growing up, so I adopted the Red Wings as my hockey team just so I could, you know, be amused and enjoy playoff hockey every single year. I really get into it. Detroit is my team.

Dolph Ziggler

RedTeamGrowing UpHockeyYearYou

It's a good feeling to come away from a day's work feeling like you've achieved something. Tired brain is good.

Dominic Cooper

WorkGoodDayTiredBrainYou

I learned mime back when I was in college, at Ball State University, Indiana. That woke up my body from the neck down and made me realize that acting and communication - portraying a story, event, or emotion - is a full-body experience.

Doug Jones

CommunicationExperienceCollegeMe

When I was a child, I loved old people. My New Hampshire grandfather was my model human being.

Donald Hall

ChildPeopleLovedNewGrandfather

My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

Christie Hefner

WorkSmartValueSpacePeopleThink

But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.

Christine Taylor

PeopleMeDoingActingTryNever

I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Cities are dynamic - and deeply seductive for the people who flock there - because they broker all sorts of fantastic and useful connections, cultural and economic and social.

Clive Thompson

PeopleThinkConnectionsInternet

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