Dee Dee Myers Quotes - Page 2

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• Women's particular experiences continue to shape not just their points of view but their actions, in the United States and around the world.

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  Views, United States, World

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• There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.

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  Trying, President, Administration

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• Women communicate differently and process information differently, which leads them to resolve conflicts differently.

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  Information, Conflict, Process

  "Why women really should rule" by Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2008.

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• Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

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  People, Administration, Problem

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• That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.

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  Country, Opportunity, Land

  "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2009.

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• Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism.

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  Self, Way, Calm

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• Obama has made America cool again - and more than that, he's made his own brand arguably the most powerful the world has ever known.

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  Powerful, America, World

  "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2009.

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• The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.

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  Jobs, Believe, People

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• This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

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  Government, Presumption Of Innocence, Generations

  "Dee Dee Myers : Press Secretary to an Administration Full of Talkers". Interview with Thomas B. Rosenstiel, articles.latimes.com. March 20, 1994.

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• On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.

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  Running, College, Anchors

  "Getting Beyond 'Firsts'" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted.

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  Country, Cutting, Hair

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• Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.'s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe.

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  Mean, Phones, Cells

  "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2009.

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• I worked for a lot of candidates, in tough campaigns that lost. Most of my candidates lost until Bill Clinton. There was always a point where you look in their eyes and they knew it was over. And there was never that point with Clinton. He never quit. He never gave up.

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  Eye, Campaigns, Looks

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• I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.

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  Thinking, President

  Interview with Barak Goodman Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

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• Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

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  Hurt, Sense Of Humor, Sanity

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• I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

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  Argentina, Chile, Ireland

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• Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!'

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  Class, Priorities, Example

  "What class warfare really looks like" by Dee Dee Myers, www.politico.com.

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• Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

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  Giving Up, Secret, Resilience

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

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• Clinton had absolutely zero honeymoon, none whatsoever.

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  Zero, Clinton, Honeymoon

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• There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.

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  Jobs, School, Kids

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• A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

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  Ideas, Optimism, People

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

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• I'm a baseball freak.

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  Baseball, Freak

  "John C. McGinley’s ABCs". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 7, 2012.

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• 1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate.

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  Years, Office, United States

  "Getting Beyond 'Firsts'” by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2010.

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• To compare Whitewater to Watergate is a travesty.

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  Compare, Travesty, Watergate

  "Dee Dee Myers : Press Secretary to an Administration Full of Talkers". Interview with Thomas B. Rosenstiel, articles.latimes.com. March 20, 1994.

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• The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.

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  Bills, Firsts, Clinton

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