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Edward R. Murrow Quotes

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.

Edward R. Murrow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 25, 1908 - April 27, 1965

Topics

Art People Conversation Lost Say

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

Growing Up Think Name Situation Up

Bent Literary Agency had a Q&A on Twitter, and I took a chance and asked if the Black Lives Matter movement was an appropriate topic for a YA novel. Brooks Sherman, who is now my agent, responded that he didn't think any topics were inappropriate for YA. I remember being so terrified even just sending the tweet.

Chance Black Think Remember Matter

You've got to be vulnerable when you're talking to kids. There's nothing worse than some adult standing up there just talking down to some kid. You can't work that way.

Work Talking You Down Nothing Way

I've always been much more of a guitar picker, but I began to feel forced into a position of being the epitome of a rock & roll guitarist. Originally, TYA wanted to make it without having to compromise to pop. It worked for a while, but after five or six years, the fun went out of it for me; a lot of the music went out of it.

Music Fun Me Compromise Guitar Feel

God is not asking you to be anything other than what he's made you, as long as you submit to how he has made you, to how you relate to other people who he has made different than you.

God People Long You Anything Asking

I don't see why you wouldn't cry when you're in an intense environment.

Environment You Cry Why See Intense

Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.

Douglas Brinkley

Golden Never Golden Rule Rule Had

My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses.

Glasses Looks Head Like Ham

I've done commercial work for Amtrak. However, that was branded as Stanton. I stipulated at the very beginning that it was not going to involve 'Humans of New York,' that I wasn't going to promote it on 'Humans of New York.' So nobody who follows me really even knows that I did it.

Brandon Stanton

Work Beginning New York Me New Done

I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection.

Think Enough You Protection Just

Justin Bieber was born with the Superman powers. He could sing, he could dance, he could play instruments. I wasn't born with those gifts, so I had to become a different kind of superhero... I'm a normal Joe. But, with a lot of effort, I've got a shot at being Bruce Wayne.

Dance Effort Born Play Kind Become

I am probably biased, but I think social media is the great equalizer. It gives everyone a megaphone. Young people who might not have had the platform for exposure can now get their ideas out to a very receptive audience.

Great Social Media I Am People Ideas

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