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Gwen Ifill was an American journalist recognized for her work on PBS's 'Washington Week' and 'The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer'. She made history as the first African American woman to moderate a major presidential debate on a major U.S. network. Ifill's career spanned over three decades, during which she covered significant events and figures in American politics and society.

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“We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.”

Ifs Used Black Community Cold Caught Black Community Pneumonia

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“If you take the same child and put them in two different places, it will dramatically shape the way in which their economic outcomes are realized later in life.”

Ifs Way Children Two Different Economic Shapes Outcomes Different Place Later In Life

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“This is what happens with a breakthrough. The first ones through the door often get bruised if not broken. Eventually, with a little political acumen and racial sensitivity and a lot of hard work, a smooth new place can emerge.”

Ifs Firsts Littles Hard Happens Political Doors Hard Work Broken Smooth Sensitivity Breakthrough Bruised New Places Acumen

Book:The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

Source: The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

“If you take the conflicts we are used to dealing with, race over the years in America, and you combine that with the desire or aspiration to political power or taking power from other people, which is what politics is all about, you end up with a lot more friction than you would normally see with just straight-ahead politics.”

People Ifs Years Ends America Political Used Desire Race Conflict Aspiration Political Power Friction

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“One of the unwritten rules in a presidential news conference is that he'll answer questions. If he chooses not to, there's not much you can do about it other than make yourself look like an idiot screaming, which to me is counterproductive.”

Ifs Looks Can Do Answers News Idiot Presidential Conferences Unwritten Counterproductive Unwritten Rules

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“If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on.”

People Ifs Country Moving Social President Security Sitting Moved Clinton Continuing Social Security Needles Sitting Around Moved On Peddling Needle In A Haystack

Author:Gwen Ifill

About the Author

Born: September 29, 1955
Died: November 14, 2016
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 55

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