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> [It's often frustrating when you're a war reporter and you're covering these places that far away. You're frustrated by making stories that people can't connect to in any way. It's hard for Americans to connect to Arabic-speaking Iraqis in refugee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/it-s-often-frustrating-when-you-re-a-war-reporter-and-you-re-covering/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

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## More by Rick Rowley

> [It's often frustrating when you're a war reporter and you're covering these places that far away. You're frustrated by making stories that people can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/it-s-often-frustrating-when-you-re-a-war-reporter-and-you-re-covering/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

> [Anytime you step out of an embedded reporting situation, you're always making calculations about what's safe and what's not safe, feeling out the edges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/anytime-you-step-out-of-an-embedded-reporting-situation-you-re-always/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

> [In every country, it's different, and you have to be flexible and slow and careful, and in the end rely on the experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/in-every-country-it-s-different-and-you-have-to-be-flexible-and-slow/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

> [The change doesn't come from Washington ever. Change comes from below. It comes from the pressure building amongst the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/the-change-doesn-t-come-from-washington-ever-change-comes-from-below/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

> [The places where we went, it was not safe to be any bigger than a two-person crew. In Afghanistan, the only way for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-rowley/the-places-where-we-went-it-was-not-safe-to-be-any-bigger-than-a-two/)

[Rick Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-rowley/)

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