Harris Faulkner Quotes

Harris Faulkner

Profession : Journalist

Birth : October 13, 1965

My father made many narrow escapes during his time in Vietnam.

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Every soldier I've ever met knows that you've got to do more than just run out onto the battlefield screaming, 'We're going to win!'

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One thing every Army pilot knows is that there is no such thing as a routine mission.

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My mother gave birth to me at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia. A short while later we were living in Stuttgart, Germany.

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I may not have served myself, but I grew up witnessing service, and it was perhaps my most foundational experience. For a little background, I'm what's called a brat in military circles.

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Being given the honorary rank of brat is the armed services' way of saying thank you to us kids for having grit too. They understand that when one member of a family joins the military, the whole family bears the weight of their service.

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I wrote for my university newspaper and went on to freelance for a Los Angeles publication in my first months after graduating from UC Santa Barbara. I also interned at a couple of TV stations in the L.A. area.

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President Trump has made political news interesting and necessary for people to follow.

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Sometimes the most motivated person to change something is the one being held accountable at the moment.

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Having a parent who served in the military has made me a better journalist.

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We're very tech light in our house.

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My mission in life is to get to heaven, so the people I have in my inner circle I don't allow to do the 'rule breaking' that we know as Christians we can't.

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We become like the five people we spend most of our time with; Oh, we've got to be picky, and you might have to fire a few people who don't belong in that inner circle because they can't help you be your best and further your purpose.

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You need to know how to put a mission together to victory!

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My purpose has broadened. My purpose now is to help as many people rise as possible, and it doesn't matter whether they're women or men. But that sense of value that we have as individuals, I think informs us and helps us to treat each other better.

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I'm living my dream totally! I mean, my career dream, my home-life dream with the two kids and the hubby. And my familial dream outside of that was for my Mom to see me host my own weekday show and she didn't live to see that but her partner of 57 years did.

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The Navy Seals don't travel with 200 people, they wouldn't be able to execute the kind of tip-of-the-spear missions they do.

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Remembering growing up on U.S. Army bases stateside and abroad, the Star-Spangled Banner was played at important occasions... and often. It was the first song I learned the lyrics to.

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Technology has made our lives both more efficient and more demanding.

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I got to travel to some pretty awesome places, learn other people's customs, and see what works in their world differently than in ours.

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