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Moderating a debate means spending more time with briefing books than with your children. It means writing and rewriting and rephrasing. It means finding a way to be alert enough to notice when your question goes unanswered and nimble enough to decide what you will do about that on the spot. - Gwen Ifill
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As someone who asks questions for a living, there are few things that annoy me more than people who won't ask for themselves. Social media is a great help, but so is something as simple as turning on your television or powering up your laptop to watch a smart news show. - Gwen Ifill
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If you start to catalog Hillary Clinton's positions between now and 2008, we're going to have a lot of conversations because there are a lot of places for her to go. - Gwen Ifill
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If someone is complaining about the question or the questioner rather than providing an answer, they're usually trying to change the subject. - Gwen Ifill
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I wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them. - Gwen Ifill
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Because I have moderated two general election debates - in 2004 and 2008 - I know better than to carp from the sidelines. I am confident in my accomplishment of having had Queen Latifah portray me on 'Saturday Night Live' both years. - Gwen Ifill
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If Donald Trump has proved anything, it is that there is nothing more powerful than a candidate's voice. - Gwen Ifill
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To me, race is not all about grievance. It is also about pride and empathy and humanity and understanding the value of difference. But along with that, there are also expectations that we should set for ourselves and for others. We should expect to be treated as equal citizens. - Gwen Ifill
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I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential. - Gwen Ifill
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Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country? - Gwen Ifill
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Hyperbole is not easily dealt with. Usually, it collapses under its own weight. - Gwen Ifill
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I believe if we only are talking to people who agree with us, we are failing in some way to understand our world and our country. - Gwen Ifill
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Truth is, in fact, an elusive concept. It depends almost entirely on where you are standing at the time. It is a human instinct to confuse belief with truth. - Gwen Ifill
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I'm a preacher's kid, and we were always told, Act right all the time, because someone's always watching. - Gwen Ifill
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Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding. - Gwen Ifill
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Diversity is essential to the success of the news industry, and journalists must include diverse voices in their coverage in order to reach a broader audience. We have stories to tell, but many in our audience have stopped listening because they can tell that we're not talking about them. - Gwen Ifill
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If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on. - Gwen Ifill
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We can't expect the world to get better by itself. We have to create something we can leave the next generation. - Gwen Ifill
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