Press Conferences Quotes - Page 3

• I know that some of the folks in the press are uptight about this [moving the press corps out of the West Wing ], and I understand. What we're - the only thing that's been discussed is whether or not the initial press conferences are going to be in that small press - and for the people listening to this that don't know this, that the press room that people see on TV is very, very tiny. Forty-nine people fit in that press room.

  Reince Priebus

  Moving, Wings, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Since his arrival, the new secretary of state has not held a single press conference. On his first big trip to Europe last month for the G20 summit, Rex Tillerson said less than 50 words in total in response to press questions.

  Rachel Maddow

  Europe, Months, Firsts

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• He [Johnny Cash] was so fragile. We invaded Iraq in March, and he died in September. And because his health was so fragile, he couldn't take the controversy of making a public statement against the war. He knew that people were rabid. They attacked me mercilessly after I did the press conference with Musicians United to Win Without War. He knew that he couldn't tolerate that.

  Rosanne Cash

  War, Winning, Iraq

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• You don't need 70 people in a White House press conference to tell people what happened there. You need a camera and maybe a couple reporters, and that's it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Couple, White, People

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• It has been a whirlwind really, it all happened so quickly! I auditioned for Australian Idol for the 3rd time... to see where I was and if I had improved with my singing; and the next thing I knew in the final 12 and it went nuts from there - I walked straight off stage at the finals into a press conference and didn't have a days rest 'till New Years Day.

  Kate DeAraugo

  New Year, Years, Idols

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• If you are for a long time at the top you've basically achieved everything you wanted to. Then the ball's breaking stuff starts to be too much: it's not what you do in the car, it's what you do outside the car - the press conferences, the interviews, the sponsorship commitments, the marketing appearances - that sadly go up to a level that the whole package, including the risks you take, the workload you do to get the car to work and for you to be quick in the races, it becomes too much.

  Niki Lauda

  Commitment, Race, Long

  Source: www.grandprix.com

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• Hillary Clinton is guilty, of all the things that Director [James] Comey stated at his press conference and Congressional hearings, and far more. He stated many things, but it's far more and he knows that.

  Donald Trump

  Directors, Hearing, Guilty

  Source: time.com

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• The Donald Trump who showed up at this press conference, though he did extend his hand to President Pena Nieto, say, I consider you a friend, he said he talked about first-generation, second-
  generation, third-generation Mexican-American, he said - his words here - he considers them beyond reproach.

  Steve Kornacki

  Hands, Mexican, President

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Even Merrick Garland can't get up and give a press conference in which he says, "Give me a damn vote." We just hear silence.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Giving, Silence, Vote

  "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

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• Phil Gramm had a stump speech about how his mother's devotion kept him from being an academic failure in life. She got him into a special school that turned him around - under a government program for the children of deceased veterans. He was repeatedly asked at press conferences why he would then turn around and support draconian cuts in federal funding for education. He never had an answer.

  Gail Collins

  Mother, Children, School

  "Interview With Gail Collins: How Texas Hijacked the American Agenda". Interview with Martha Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2012.

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• I think the daily challenge for a lot of beat reporters is, how do you get past the regurgitated sound bites of powerful people or evasion masters who are so used to this routine - the theatricality of press conferences and stage-managed interviews and teams of handlers?

  Sarah Stillman

  Powerful, Team, Past

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The president had a press conference about this this week and he said that the U.S. has no plans to attack North Korea. And then he added, 'Like having no plan ever stopped me before.'. He has something even more deadly in store for them - we're going to bring them democracy.

  Bill Maher

  Korea, Democracy, President

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• Earlier today, John McCain was in the news. John McCain gave his first press conference since the election. And he said, 'For a lot of people, Sarah Palin was an energizing factor during the campaign.' Unfortunately for McCain, those people are called Democrats.

  Conan O'Brien

  People, Campaigns, News

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• There was a change in tone in terms of the [Donald] Trump who showed up in Mexico City for this press conference.

  Steve Kornacki

  Cities, Tone, Mexico

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Just come to Brussels after a Council meeting. Do you know what happens? Every head of government holds his or her own press conference. They all say the same thing, in 24 languages: I was able to push through my agenda. And if the result is anything other than what they desired, the message is: Brussels is to blame. It has been this way for over 20 years. These messages stick with people, and that's deadly for Europe.

  Martin Schulz

  Government, Years, Europe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Obama had the media; Obama had the judiciary; Obama had all kinds of support. At an Obama press conference, typical question, "What enchants you?" I mean, Obama was never challenged seriously by the media.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mean, Media, Support

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Here`s an interesting twist, though, President Pena Nieto later tweeting that he told [Donald] Trump in their private meeting that Mexico will not pay for the proposed border wall, Trump saying, though, in that press conference that it didn`t come up.

  Steve Kornacki

  Wall, Interesting, President

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Politics is quite draining. There are so many heated discussions and press conferences to cover during a convention.

  Megan Alexander

  Conventions, Conferences, Discussion

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• I had a recurring fantasy in which I took (Rudy Giuliani) out during a press conference (it was nonlethal, just something that put him out of commission for a year or so), saving America from the horror of a President Giuliani. If that sounds like I had some trouble being 'objective,' I did.

  Michael Hastings

  Years, America, President

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• Our top story, in 'Threat Matrix Reloaded' news ... Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Muller held a press conference today to announce that Al Qaeda is planning attacks somewhere inside the United States at sometime in the future. So go about your normal lives, but with a vague sense of foreboding.

  Craig Kilborn

  Directors, United States, News

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• Mother ... considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage full of cobras.

  Margaret Truman Daniel

  Mother, Cobras, Publicity

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• It was a tough press conference for President Bush. He spent the first ten minutes trying to pronounce Fallujah. ... Bush insisted that Iraq is not Vietnam. Of course not, he avoided Vietnam.

  David Letterman

  Iraq, Trying, President

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• In his press conference last night, President Bush said he could not remember a single mistake he had made in the last two years. The president's exact quote was: 'I ain't make none mistakes ever.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Mistake, Night, Years

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• The other night, President Bush's press conference was pre-empted by 'American Idol.' You know the difference between President Bush and 'American Idol?' See, on 'American Idol,' the one with the most votes wins.

  Jay Leno

  Winning, Night, Idols

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• Last night, President Bush gave a prime-time press conference. It was such a big deal that Fox decided to preempt American Idol. Which made sense to me, you don't want too many amateurs on in one night.

  David Letterman

  Night, Idols, President

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