Jayson Blair Quotes

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• I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.
• I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.
• I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.
• Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.
• I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.
• I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a…
• You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come…
• I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or…
• Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of,…
• You face racism in small and large ways.
• I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value…
• If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?

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