Graydon Carter Quotes - Page 3

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• Everything I love about America is fragile.

  Graydon Carter

  America, Fragile

  "How King of New York took battle to the Great Polariser" by Joanna Walters, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2003.

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• Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.

  Graydon Carter

  Believe, Fall, Names

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• After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished.

  Graydon Carter

  Country, Wall, Culture

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• Every minute you invest in kids you get back four times over.

  Graydon Carter

  Kids, Four, Minutes

  "These things I know" by Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2004.

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• You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school.

  Graydon Carter

  Mother, School, Light

  "Get Carter". Interview with Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2002.

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• As any editor will tell you, startling newsroom revelations are generally met with queries about where the information came from and how the reporter got it. Seriously startling revelations are followed by the vetting of libel lawyers.

  Graydon Carter

  Editors, Information, Lawyer

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• Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving.

  Graydon Carter

  Moving, Voice, Years

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• You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.

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  Jobs, Back Again, Manufacturing

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• I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everything's a remake; they want things that are familiar rather than things that surprise you.

  Graydon Carter

  Thinking, Want, Surprise

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• In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.

  Graydon Carter

  Age, Quaint, Headlines

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• I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.

  Graydon Carter

  Thinking, President, Environment

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• I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.

  Graydon Carter

  Editing, Research, Guts

  "Graydon Carter: Literati? Glitterati? I'd rather have a quiet night in with the missus". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2009.

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• The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.

  Graydon Carter

  Book, People, Credit

  "The angry editor". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2004.

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• There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much that's missing.

  Graydon Carter

  Past, Missing, Wish

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• Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying, bankrupt, and crime-ridden. But fun.

  Graydon Carter

  New York, Fun, Cities

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• In an age when all that was old seems new again, Bernard DeVoto's The Hour couldn't have made a more timely reappearance. This book reminds me of one of the joys of being an adult-cocktail hour!

  Graydon Carter

  Book, Joy, Age

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