Shana Alexander quotes

Shana Alexander was an American journalist, author, and columnist known for her work in print and television. Her spirited debates with James J. Kilpatrick on the television segment "Point-Counterpoint" made her a household name. She broke barriers for women in media and remains an influential figure in American journalism. Here are 13 of her quotes:

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. (Shana Alexander)
The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward. View quote
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Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope. View quote
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Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single man. View quote
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We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. View quote
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The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind's eye. View quote
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Faithful horoscope-watching, practiced daily, provides just the sort of small but warm and infinitely reassuring fillip that gets matters off to a spirited start. View quote
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The law changes and flows like water, and the stream of women's rights law has become a sudden rushing torrent. View quote
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I don't believe man is a woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is. View quote
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When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband. View quote
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What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be difficult. It should be difficult for millionaires, too. (Shana Alexander)
The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part of your being yearns, not for a doctor, but for a medicine man. View quote
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Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts . . . View quote
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Shana Alexander

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Occupation: American Journalist
Born: October 6, 1925
Died: June 23, 2005
Quotes count: 13
Wikipedia: Shana Alexander

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