"Some news managers have been slow to grasp……" — Jessica Savitch
"Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form."
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59 Quotes by Jessica Savitch
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- Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your…
- Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
- When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it,…
- Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
- No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
- For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.
- Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
- A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
- I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.
- It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage…
- Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that…
- I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I…