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> [We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/we-used-to-say-in-the-black-community-that-if-somebody-else-caught-a/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

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## More by Gwen Ifill

> [I'm not quite certain how you can force a candidate to stick by the rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-m-not-quite-certain-how-you-can-force-a-candidate-to-stick-by-the/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I'm not in love. I'm not out of love. I'm just trying to find some version of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-m-not-in-love-i-m-not-out-of-love-i-m-just-trying-to-find-some/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/change-comes-from-listening-learning-caring-and-conversation/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Did I say that the President's entire job is image management? Of course not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/did-i-say-that-the-president-s-entire-job-is-image-management-of/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [If you take the conflicts we are used to dealing with, race over the years in America, and you combine that with the desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/if-you-take-the-conflicts-we-are-used-to-dealing-with-race-over-the/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/in-the-media-universe-we-re-in-where-there-are-people-screaming-on/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/aspiring-black-leaders-are-often-asked-to-transcend-race-even-though/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-actually-think-agendas-are-more-often-found-in-state-of-the-union/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Poor children in Baltimore face even worse odds than low-income kids elsewhere, mostly because they remain in impoverished neighborhoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/poor-children-in-baltimore-face-even-worse-odds-than-low-income-kids/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/there-s-five-factors-or-characteristics-of-places-where-kids-from/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I knew early on that I wanted to be a reporter, but I didn't know I was a political journalist until my first job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-knew-early-on-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-reporter-but-i-didn-t-know-i/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I don't think that Donald Trump represents the traditional Republican values and heritage of my party. That's one reason that I don't support him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-don-t-think-that-donald-trump-represents-the-traditional-republican/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/if-you-start-to-catalog-hillary-clinton-s-positions-between-now-and/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [I just think we as consumers of information media must be very clear what it is we are consuming. Whether we are choosing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/i-just-think-we-as-consumers-of-information-media-must-be-very-clear/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

> [Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/folks-who-are-getting-their-strokes-in-the-south-are-not-as-unhappy/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

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