Andrea Mitchell Quotes

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• When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement…
• Socially, Philadelphia was still a fairly provincial city, its business community governed by the mores of the Main Line. Politically, it was a cauldron of…
• Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.
• They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were…
• When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with…
• Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.
• All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me…
• As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school.
• Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about…
• It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election…
• Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter.

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