"There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among……" — Janine di Giovanni
"There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among the British that life in France is akin to life in Paradise."
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35 Quotes by Janine di Giovanni
Janine di Giovanni has 35 quotes on this site.
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Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.
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My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a…
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When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and…
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My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage.
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I spent a good part of the nineties roaming the Earth writing about conflict. It was very grueling. I was…
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Sarajevo was this beautiful city, very cosmopolitan, multiethnic, full of wonderful people, artists and writers and poets and Serbs and…
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In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.
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I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine.
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I never set out to be a journalist. I wanted to be a humanitarian doctor like Albert Schweitzer, working in…
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I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.
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Africa is a very dangerous place.
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Lake Como has always been a magnet for the elite.
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