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Ellen Goodman Quotes

I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make a living observing your society and having a chance to use your voice Picture Quote #1

I vote because even the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils Picture Quote #1

Saving time, it seems, has a primacy that’s too rarely examined Picture Quote #1

Welfare is... the victim of national compassion fatigue Picture Quote #1

There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its value Picture Quote #1

Taboos are falling across our culture like dominoes. What was unspeakable yesterday dominates talk shows today Picture Quote #1

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You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever Picture Quote #1

I would like to say we’re at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let’s just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future Picture Quote #1

If there’s a single message passed down from each generation of American parents to their children, it is a two-word line: Better Yourself. And if there’s a temple of self-betterment in each town, it is the local school. We have worshipped there for some time Picture Quote #1

How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out of their own emotions, attitudes, hands. And how many have only Polaroid pictures of their fathers Picture Quote #1

Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to the city rhythm whether or not it’s our own. In time we even grow hard of hearing to the rest of the world. Like a violinist stuck next to the timpani, we may lose the ability to hear our own instrument Picture Quote #1

I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of acceptance, hasn’t also produced a moral lobotomy. In the reluctance, the aversion to being judgmental, are we disabled from making any judgments at all? Picture Quote #1

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Even if every program were educational and every advertisement bore the seal of approval of the American Dental Association, we would still have a critical problem. It’s not just the programs but the act of watching television hour after hour after hour that’s destructive Picture Quote #1

Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring Picture Quote #1

The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts Picture Quote #1

Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options Picture Quote #1

Those inevitable dreams where you can’t get your column in, you know, and at first they were the Xerox telecopy, and then they were the fax machine, and then they were, you know, email. The anxiety remains the same, but the technology has changed Picture Quote #1

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You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you can’t teach someone who writes columns to care Picture Quote #1

When I was at ‘Newsweek’ magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to school - but I started at ‘Newsweek’ magazine in 1963, which was before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. So it was actually legal to discriminate against women, and ‘Newsweek’ did Picture Quote #1

Instant opinion is an oxymoron. You don’t get real opinions in an instant. You get reactions Picture Quote #1

This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it’s the family stories that are worth the storage Picture Quote #1

Today Washington is our Hollywood, the Senate our Warner Bros., the White House our Beverly Hills. People who never read a line of a movie magazine deal with the lives of leaders as if they were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Picture Quote #1

Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed Picture Quote #1

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In today’s amphetamine world of news junkies, speed trumps thoughtfulness too often Picture Quote #1

Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them Picture Quote #1

Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to Picture Quote #1

Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present Picture Quote #1

You can believe in women’s rights without believing that every woman is right Picture Quote #1

People have been writing premature obituaries on the women’s movement since its beginning Picture Quote #1

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I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make a living observing your society and having a chance to use your voice. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) I vote because even the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Saving time, it seems, has a primacy that’s too rarely examined (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Welfare is... the victim of national compassion fatigue (Ellen Goodman Quotes) There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its value (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Taboos are falling across our culture like dominoes. What was unspeakable yesterday dominates talk shows today (Ellen Goodman Quotes) You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever (Ellen Goodman Quotes) I would like to say we’re at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let’s just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future (Ellen Goodman Quotes) If there’s a single message passed down from each generation of American parents to their children, it is a two-word line: Better Yourself. And if there’s a temple of self-betterment in each town, it is the local school. We have worshipped there for some time (Ellen Goodman Quotes) How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out of their own emotions, attitudes, hands. And how many have only Polaroid pictures of their fathers (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Without even knowing it, we are assaulted by a high note of urgency all the time. We end up pacing ourselves to the city rhythm whether or not it’s our own. In time we even grow hard of hearing to the rest of the world. Like a violinist stuck next to the timpani, we may lose the ability to hear our own instrument (Ellen Goodman Quotes) I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of acceptance, hasn’t also produced a moral lobotomy. In the reluctance, the aversion to being judgmental, are we disabled from making any judgments at all? (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Even if every program were educational and every advertisement bore the seal of approval of the American Dental Association, we would still have a critical problem. It’s not just the programs but the act of watching television hour after hour after hour that’s destructive (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring (Ellen Goodman Quotes) The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Those inevitable dreams where you can’t get your column in, you know, and at first they were the Xerox telecopy, and then they were the fax machine, and then they were, you know, email. The anxiety remains the same, but the technology has changed. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) What advertisers call brand loyalty is merely the consumer’s defense against the need to waste energy differentiating among things that barely differ. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you can’t teach someone who writes columns to care. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) When I was at ‘Newsweek’ magazine - which, you know, this really sounds like I walked four miles in the snow to school - but I started at ‘Newsweek’ magazine in 1963, which was before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. So it was actually legal to discriminate against women, and ‘Newsweek’ did. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Instant opinion is an oxymoron. You don’t get real opinions in an instant. You get reactions. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it’s the family stories that are worth the storage. (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Today Washington is our Hollywood, the Senate our Warner Bros., the White House our Beverly Hills. People who never read a line of a movie magazine deal with the lives of leaders as if they were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed (Ellen Goodman Quotes) In today’s amphetamine world of news junkies, speed trumps thoughtfulness too often (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to (Ellen Goodman Quotes) Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present (Ellen Goodman Quotes) You can believe in women’s rights without believing that every woman is right (Ellen Goodman Quotes) People have been writing premature obituaries on the women’s movement since its beginning (Ellen Goodman Quotes)

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