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Silence is deeply important in all of our lives.

Sally Quinn

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Sally Quinn
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 7
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Journalist
Writer
Savannah
Georgia
Sally Sterling Quinn
Deeply
Silence
Lives
Important

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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.
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Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two people together, if there are three, one of them is climbing.
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Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.
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The important is not what you believe but how you behave.
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I just had a thought that perhaps religion is so vibrant here is because of the melting pot aspect to our society. WE have so many cultures here in the US and they all bring something new to their religious experiences.
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I think the Catholic and Protestant churches have become very stagnant.
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Women will have all the power one day anyway. It's just a matter of time.
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I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.
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Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
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Those who are religious or who have any beliefs have so much to choose from.
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One of the reasons the Europeans don't like the Muslims is because they are religious. Americans like the fact that they are religious. They just don't like the form it takes.
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So many of the problems we have today are because people don't respect the beliefs of others.
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My feeling is that a newspaper should serve its readers and it just seems to me that given what is going in the world, people are hungry for something.
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When you say you don't get religion, you're just saying that you don't get organized religion.
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That's what I've decided I am. A seeker of wisdom and truth.
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The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the desire to excel are secondary. Because fear is an enormous motivating force, many in the medium are afraid to make decisions, take chances, do anything innovative.
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Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.
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