Jessica Savitch Quotes

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• For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

  Jessica Savitch

  Hard Work, Eight, Two

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

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  Motivational, Monday, Sight

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.

  Jessica Savitch

  Attitude, Focus, Prejudice

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.

  Jessica Savitch

  Mistake, Ineptitude, Results

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.

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  Important, Literature, Firsts

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.

  Jessica Savitch

  Goal, Literature, Setting Goals

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

  Jessica Savitch

  Half, Literature, Surprise

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.

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  Media, Information, Enterprise

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.

  Jessica Savitch

  Fire, People, News

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• News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

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  Events, News, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.

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  Successful, News, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

  Jessica Savitch

  Men, Cameras, News

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go.

  Jessica Savitch

  Code, Restroom, Ifs

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.

  Jessica Savitch

  Tired, Musical, Directors

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

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  Stars, Literature, May

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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• A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.

  Jessica Savitch

  Men, Modern Life, Facts

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.

  Jessica Savitch

  Literature, Planning, Management

  "Anchorwoman".

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• Being a novelty had its advantages.

  Jessica Savitch

  Literature, Novelty, Advantage

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• In real life, events seem much less dramatic.

  Jessica Savitch

  Real, Events, Dramatic

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.

  Jessica Savitch

  Mother, Wanted, Reporters

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.

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  Texas, Weather, Waiting

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.

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  Play, Literature, Audience

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.

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  Careers, Effort, Joints

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

  Jessica Savitch

  Birthday, Writing, Age

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.

  Jessica Savitch

  Real, Ideas, Television

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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