Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfieldis an American television journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 June 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.
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This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.
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There was a rip in the fabric. Everyone who saw it got the sense that everything after that would be different.
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These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.
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When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman, it was a clear declaration of independence from President Clinton; no Democrat had been more critical of Clinton's misconduct.
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There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.
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F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield to that power in order to get his New Deal legislation passed.
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The GOP doesn't need to convince the right to vote for Bush, and, with the exception of some grousing that led to Santorum and Brownback to be added to the speaker list, they won't be showing the right-wing side of the party.
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Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.
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As big as branded entertainment is, I will still venture to say that 90% of the brands you see in shows are there for free. A lot of brands get in for free not because they're cool but because they happen to be there.
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The Supreme Being I would sign up for would not prove his omnipotence by saving one life while ending dozens, or hundreds, or thousands. Nor would he summon an angel to heaven by ending a first grader's life at the hands of a gunman or sadist.
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I got into television because I hated it so. I thought, there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.
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I got into television because I hated it so. And I thought... there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.
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I got into television because I hated it so, ... And I thought ... there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.