Anderson Cooper quotes

Anderson Cooper is an American journalist and television personality, best known as the anchor of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°.” His reporting has covered major global events, earning him widespread recognition and numerous awards. He remains one of the most respected figures in modern broadcast journalism. Here are 34 of his quotes:

Each child's story is worthy of telling. There shouldn't be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

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The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

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A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

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If I'm hip, we've got a problem in this country. I really shouldn't be held up as any model of hipness. If anything, I think I'm sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve. There's a lot of that in American TV news these days. Too much, in fact.

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If I end up hosting 'Joker's Wild,' please shoot me.

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The farther you go... the harder it is to return. The world has many edges and it's easy to fall off.

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Dennis Rodman says North Korea is 'not that bad'. Dennis Rodman is deeply stupid.

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I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12 - there was a lot of sharing, and a lot of talking, and a lot of asking how I am. They thought we were dating, and I was sort of hoping to meet their brothers.

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I've been overseas more than you have in your whole little life.

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Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

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If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

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When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.

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I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always appealed to me. I think there's great value to bearing witness to these events as they're actually happening.

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That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

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Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it.

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When a big event happens, people turn on to CNN, not only because they know there will be people there covering an event on the ground, but because they know we're going to cover it in a way that's non-partisan, that's not left or right.

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I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop.

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I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.

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If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.

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I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

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I'd like to have kids at some point. I think I'll have a family someday.

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I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it.

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