Soledad O'Brien Quotes

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• People will say you can't do good and do well. They're wrong, that's idiotic advice.
• There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed,
• Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics.
• I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories,
• I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for…
• Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us?
• It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from…
• There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and…
• If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.
• As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if they see themselves…
• One thing we can do really well for our students is to help them figure out their identity.
• Step out of the space you're in. Use fear to grow. We can change lives, starting with our own.
• I think what I love about the documentary process is that you bring yourself to the documentary. And hopefully that makes you ask good questions,…
• CNN, a part of the Time Warner company, lives for news about everything and anyone. In the office, the bosses openly discuss the need for…
• I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.
• Investing in girls can actually move the needle in communities... and can actually benefit boys, because girls are the mothers of boys.
• On Sunday night, my husband makes a five-course family dinner.
• My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in a white community…
• When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall off, and when…
• Over the years, my husband and I have sent two dozen or more girls to college and helped them with whatever else they needed.

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