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Alex Wagner

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[Wikipedia] Alexandra Swe Wagner is an American journalist and television host. She is a senior political analyst and was the host of Alex Wagner Tonight on MSNBC. She is the author of FutureFace: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging. She was a contributor for CBS News and is a contribut

Quotes by Alex Wagner

Burma - and let me be clear, it's also known as Myanmar - and the reason a lot of Burmese and Burmese…

Clear

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There are videos I used to take at home, pretending to be a newscaster, interviewing the teapot or my house cat.

Cat

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In DC, it's really edgy to listen to Kanye West or Jay-Z, and it's a thing to know who Azzedine Alaia is…

Always

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Magazines can be kind of brutal, and independent magazines especially are really hard, and it takes work for it to feel like…

Be kind

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But then I realized, I think maybe we're too preoccupied with the past and too preoccupied with the idea that nationalism and…

I think

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Few politicians and analysts understand the very real fault lines among Asian sub-groups: Some Asians have done very well for themselves. A…

Asian

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In my off hours, I'm definitely not a product-driven person. I've always thought less was more.

Always

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My goal is to show the intermingling between politics and pop culture.

Culture

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My grandmother would talk about having bananas at teatime and carrying palm fronds when the monsoon rains came, and I accepted all…

Carrying

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Fox Newss unique blend of xenophobia and division has always been popular and highly lucrative.

Always

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There has always been a thawing-out-of-something-frozen quality to a potential Joe Biden candidacy, an understanding that the man himself might be out…

Democratic party

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It's not fun telling people they have to turn their stories in. But you can't actually have a creative work environment if…

Creative work

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Today I was trying to eat a beignet on camera. You cant do that. You cant even eat a beignet on a…

Alone

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My career has definitely zigzagged, and that is euphemistic.

Career

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Sometimes a young person is so intent on proving themselves that they don't actually listen to people who know things.

People

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Even more troubling, not only are Asians largely unseen at the front line of the immigration debate, they are not using the…

Debate

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A generation has witnessed the fight for racial justice from the front lines: Asian Americans have been paying attention, and they are…

Attention

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I had - in my early 20s and late teens, I had adopted this idea that I was the future face. And…

America

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In this way, there is a strange alchemy to modern campaigning: a candidate must highlight the urgency of the choice facing voters…

Choice

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I don't know what other people think about me being the boss, but I really like a collaborative work environment, and I…

Boss

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The higher you climb in the media, the issue is being good to other women. I've been fortunate to have a few…

Climb

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That's sort of part of the American ethic - is not to worry too much about the past and that it shouldn't…

America

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I have a cat that I'm obsessed with. His name is Rooster and he's an orange Bengal. He is one of America's…

America

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Undocumented residents and even green-card holders may fear that filling out the census could put them at risk of deportation and decide…

Better

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I read the 'New York Times' every day and I would do that even if I didn't need to do it for…

Day

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