Katty Kay Quotes

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Katty Kay

Profession : Journalist

Birth : November 14, 1964

For all the anti-Americanism around the world, people have this love of Americana.

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I like trying new things. You only have one life.

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If you can force yourself to get through failures and pull something out of them, they can teach you a lot.

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I love meeting American voters. I get to interview a lot of politicians but I always enjoy interviewing ordinary people the most - though most of them are anything but ordinary. Everyone has an interesting story to tell.

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Burnout is a real risk, especially now when there is so much news. I take real breaks, put my phone down, get out in to the countryside and ignore the news - even if its just for a few hours.

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Ive lived and worked in developing countries so Im particularly interested in helping women in oppressive societies. Our problems can pale in comparison to theirs, the more we can do to empower them, the better off all women will be.

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I think its important for women to recognize that its totally normal for us to feel nervous, particularly in situations in which were so often the only woman in the room.

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The lack of role models at the top means women can't look up and see an image of themselves as easily as men can. And there is still discrimination.

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But what attracts me to the study of confidence is that it is something women can address themselves, individually and immediately.

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It makes a good case that women in charge would mean fewer wars, a different management style and more embracing of other peoples views. But in the business and personal world, its not that women are better than men. Its that they bring different perspectives and skills.

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The reasons America isnt liked in various countries isnt uniform. The reasons can be different.

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In Rwanda, which has gone through a devastating civil war and has a per-capita income of $16 per year, half of members of Parliament are women. But in most countries, including the United States, theres a paucity of women in public office.

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In the scheme of life, being moved aside from a job, however much you love it, is a small thing.

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People are far too wrapped up in their own lives to care about what's happening to other people. Even if it is a moment's hot gossip, it's only that - a moment.

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I'm not going to thank the man who told me I had no character. I'm not that magnanimous, and he could do with lessons in people management.

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Thanks to my new job, I got a front row seat. I crossed the country covering the race, first between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and then between Obama and McCain. It was the political story of a lifetime.

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Criticism, however strongly worded or teasingly expressed, comes with the job of being president.

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American prides itself on being centrist, on not having the European tendency of flirting with extremist groups.

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The degree to which Americans talk about themselves as a special, unique country has often struck me as a little grandiose. You don't hear the French, or Brits, or Australians talk about themselves that way - though they may well feel it.

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Conservatives in the American heartland have long believed, with some justification, that they can't get a fair hearing in America's mainstream press, which they see as overwhelmingly coastal and liberal.

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