I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
BOB SCHAFFERAnd after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
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Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
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The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn’t graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
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But if you don’t enjoy doing something, you’ll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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Government is just spending too much money.
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One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I’m interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
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We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They’ve heard it on the radio. They’ve seen it on the Internet. They’ve seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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