“I think for me the trick is not to aim to impress or to even try to make people laugh but instead to tell the truth.” Quote by Tim Federle
“I like to report. I like to go to the newsmakers. I like to get out. I've heard about people talking about the anchor as the voice of god. That set is not an altar. It's a great job, I love doing it, but I don't take that role as my identity - the anchorman - it sounds very old-fashioned.” PeopleIdentityGreat JobPeople Talking Author:Lester Holt
“The challenge is right now, I call it the death of critical thinking in America. It's a very worrisome development. More and more people seem to be resisting the idea of standing back and asking questions about something, challenging their beliefs.” PeopleThinkingBeliefChallengesCritical Thinking Author:Lester Holt
“I think we're more relevant than ever because it is such a noisy environment out there. What's a journalist now? It's anybody with a way to get information out and you're sitting there with your smartphone in front of you. That's what we're up against now. There's a lot of unfiltered information. Some of it is accurate, some of it way off base. We're that safe port in the storm.” ThinkingEnvironmentStormJournalistRelevant Author:Lester Holt
“I think sometimes we lose sight of how powerful we are when we put someone on the news - for good or bad. It can really change people's lives.” ThinkingSometimesPowerful Author:Lester Holt
“Social media has created an awesome platform not only for the fans to be able to communicate directly with the artist, but for new artists to have a platform to share music. As far as me, I love it because it allows the fans to connect with me.” ArtistShareCommunicateSocial Media Author:LeToya Luckett
“I think that's why I wanted to write about seventh grade. I'd say seventh grade is a time when kids are really exploring a lot and becoming aware of the world around them in a deeper way. And they just have sort of have a wider appreciation of what's happening around them. They are seeing themselves from the outside more than they had before.” ThinkingWorldWritingKidsAppreciationExploring Author:Rebecca Stead
“I remember in junior high school, which is what we called it, suddenly I was looking at myself, almost through other people's eyes, and thought: how does the world see me? So that was one of the things I was really interested in, when I was writing Goodbye Stranger.” WorldWritingEyeSchoolRememberHigh SchoolStrangerGoodbye Author:Rebecca Stead
“I never write with any kind of message, and I don't think that this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger' has a message in the capital M form of the word but I do hope it makes people ask themselves questions about what they think.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindBook Author:Rebecca Stead
“I love a book that makes me ask questions about what I think or how I see the world or how I feel, so I hope that 'Goodbye, Stranger' is that kind of book for some people.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindBook Author:Rebecca Stead
“The truth is that I think that most people, and most people in this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger', are really doing their best but they're stumbling all over the place and they're hurting each other deliberately and by accident.” PeopleThinkingBookHurtTruth Is Author:Rebecca Stead