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"Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week."
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"Management: An art of handling conflicting Egos to meet a common objective, be it political, organisational or societal in nature."

"All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that."

"Successful people carefully manage their energy and associations, they are gatekeepers."

"You can be stern and forthright, and that's my management style, but when you lose it totally, that's a sign of weakness."

"The executive moves we are announcing today will strengthen American for the long-term future and reflect well on the depth of the Company's management team."

"The best leaders don't give a damn about the definition of leadership, they are thinking about more important things."

"It goes without saying that when you're the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it's disappointing."

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"Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter."

"Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch."

"Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved."

"When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits."

"When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist."

"It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night."

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"All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting."

"Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week."
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