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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
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When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
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Television is intensely personal.
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Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
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Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
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The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
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