Jessica Savitch

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

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The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.

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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

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I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?

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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.

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The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

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Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.

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You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.

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The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.

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The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

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Quotes by Jessica Savitch