Christiane Amanpour Quotes

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Christiane Amanpour

Profession : Journalist

Birth : January 12, 1958

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

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And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

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Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

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We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.

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If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?

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What you do, what you say, how you react to critical situations defines not just the moment, but it defines and shapes you.

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What we do and say and show really matters.

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But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

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Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.

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And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.

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I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

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I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

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Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer that of course I would never get married. And I most definitely would never have children.

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In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.

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And I really believe good journalism is good business.

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I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent.

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They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.

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I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.

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We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

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We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

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