As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control:… — Nancy Gibbs Breath Copy Share Image
High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems… — Nancy Gibbs Achievers Copy Share Image
I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's… — Nancy Gibbs Attention Copy Share Image
The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
When I was coming out of college, storytelling was very much something you did with pencil and paper, so the technological platform… — Nancy Gibbs College Copy Share Image
It's the experts in adolescent development who wax most emphatic about the value of family meals, for it's in the teenage years… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How… — Nancy Gibbs Book Copy Share Image
In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it… — Nancy Gibbs Alone Copy Share Image
Americans sometimes ask what the government does and where their tax money goes. Among other things, it pays for all kinds of… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars,… — Nancy Gibbs Banks Copy Share Image
Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends,… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that… — Nancy Gibbs America Copy Share Image
Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks… — Nancy Gibbs Accidents Copy Share Image
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton. — Nancy Gibbs Athletes Copy Share Image
Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love… — Nancy Gibbs Argument Copy Share Image
Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn,… — Nancy Gibbs Beliefs Copy Share Image
Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust… — Nancy Gibbs Amygdala Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“Lydon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a… — Nancy Gibbs Adolescence Copy Share Image
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright would baptize Obama, perform his marriage to Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, baptize their daughters, and draw him into the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
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