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Walter Isaacson
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"I think it’s very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don’t have to be morally neutral about terrorism."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
War
"Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don’t get that critical of a government that’s leading us in war time."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
War
"We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks, so we have to carve out our own niche, and to me, that niche is just basic shoe-leather journalism with some good journalists at the helm you can trust as presenters."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Trust
"I have a strong emotional respect for Steve."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Respect
"More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren’t relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Romantic
"I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Money
"I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Humor
"You can’t have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don’t have an innovative economy unless you have a great education."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Education
"Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change."
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Walter Isaacson
Topic(s):
Change
"In the age of the internet when everybody’s a pundit, we’re still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that’s very expensive."
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Walter Isaacson
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