Latest Soledad O'Brien Quotes from Interviews

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• There's really no way to break that chain - other than winning the lottery. There's no realistic way to end generational poverty other than to actually educate people so that they can get the jobs, so that people can be self-sufficient. And to be self-sufficient around careers - not just jobs, but careers.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Winning, People, Poverty

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• Kids who are middle class, socioeconomically, are surrounded by mentors. They have coaches, teachers, they have family friends, their parents have friends. They might have opportunities, they might have jobs that allow them to experience things that kids in poverty often don't have. Sometimes they come from dysfunctional families. And when you come from a family where money's a real challenge, then it might not be a priority to get you into a summer internship.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Summer, Teacher, Real

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• Honestly, the challenge about being a mom is when something goes wrong - someone's sick, getting someone to doctor's appointments.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Mom, Sick, Challenges

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• I think we have to think about strategies that will help kids who have disabilities.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Kids, Thinking, Helping

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• When you have a child who has special needs, you really start thinking about children across the board with special needs.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Children, Thinking, Special

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher - so certainly my entire life education was stressed as incredibly important. And I think especially for my parents, who are both immigrants, and when immigrants come to this country, they understand that education is something that no one can take from them. You might leave the country with absolutely nothing, but no one can take your education from you.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Mom, Country, Teacher

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• People want to know how do they pay for education and they want to figure out how to find and maintain meaningful employment. Education and the economy are polled by Latinos as the top two most important issues. But those are also the issues that everyone cares about, regardless of race; so we don't need to be divided over it.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Meaningful, Race, Two

  Source: lasentinel.net

• A smart politician needs to come in and create a plan for when our students graduate college, there are opportunities in fields that interest them and a job that's a career. A president whose plans can embrace and incorporate every millennial will be successful.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Jobs, Smart, Successful

  Source: lasentinel.net

• It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Thinking, Matter, Too Much

  Source: lasentinel.net

• Don't worry about the chatter, do a good job, produce great work and do reporting that you're proud of.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Jobs, Worry, Proud

  Source: lasentinel.net

• I'm a big believer that there's more power in numbers and the more you can expand the stories that are relevant to both communities, the better. For example, a school that's terrible for black kids is terrible for brown kids. We have to figure out ways to navigate the school systems and make sure that we're investing in a public education system that's beneficial for all kids.

  Soledad O'Brien

  School, Kids, Numbers

  Source: lasentinel.net

• It doesn't upset me when people are annoyed or bothered by what may seem to them as a redundancy of topics about blacks and Latinos. As a reporter I welcome those types of conversations and dialogues. Even when it's uncomfortable, it's still necessary.

  Soledad O'Brien

  People, Annoyed, Upset

  Source: lasentinel.net

• My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Jobs, Successful, Opportunity

  Source: lasentinel.net

• When we feel pressured to have achieved certain things by a particular age, it could ultimately hinder us. It's great to have goals but those specific benchmarks can easily become irrelevant once you ask yourself, 'where am I having the most impact?' 'Am I going after the stories I want to tell?'

  Soledad O'Brien

  Impact, Goal, Age

  Source: lasentinel.net

• When you change your focus to your purpose, you stop worrying about how much money you're going to make and your job title because those things to some degree are irrelevant if you don't love your work.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Jobs, Love You, Worry

  Source: lasentinel.net

• When we think about the issues that matter, obviously the news covers immigration, a lot. You might think immigration is the only story that actually affects us but when you poll Latinos you'll see that education is the number one topic that they're interested in talking about and economy is the second issue.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Thinking, Talking, Numbers

  Source: lasentinel.net