Nicholas Kristof Quotes

Traditionally, what we in the news business do is cover what happened yesterday.

Nicholas Kristof

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BusinessYesterdayNewsHappened

I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.

Jennifer Garner

EnoughLuckyBroadwaySomething

When I was offered 'Hawkeye,' it was very intimidating at first because that book is so loved and so successful, commercially and critically. The worst thing you could do is try to imitate what they did because, in the end, you're just going to get a watered-down version of what they did.

Jeff Lemire

BookEndLovedYouWorstTry

The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.

Amy Goodman

ChangeMediaPlayNewsRolePublic

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

SportsFunHave FunGameEnjoyPlay

You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.

Monte Irvin

GoodBaseballPeopleBetterWishGo

Even though reality TV is very manipulated, it's all manipulated so that something real happens. And so, our job in this era is to make that real thing happen, because nobody wants to see any more manipulated, pre-planned performances. That era is over.

Josh Pais

JobRealityNobodyMoreRealSee

I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you commercially, and also, it wasn't particularly true of me. I mean, if anybody thought I was an intellectual, they probably had never really seen one.

Dick Cavett

FightMeThoughtHelpYouTrue

I was never really a big presence in the home.

Dick Ebersol

HomeNeverPresenceBigReally

And out of all the movies, I don't know what it is, I'll always sit down and watch our 'Footloose'. I cry, I get excited, I cheer, my heart pounds. I really enjoy it.

Craig Brewer

HeartEnjoyDownKnowCryMovies

I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.

Boz Scaggs

LoveFreedomMoreFlexibilityI Love

Unfortunately, I haven't thought sufficiently about art. What I never realized - and it's really stupid - is the art world is the art world because all these thousands of famous and not-famous artists do things, over centuries. This hadn't occurred to me.

Peter Saul

ArtMeStupidWorldThoughtFamous

I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.

Tuppence Middleton

FeelNowTallEveryoneTowerAbove

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