Nancy Gibbs quotes

The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under 15 are up to five times as likely to die while having children than are women in their 20s, and their babies are more likely to die as well. (Nancy Gibbs)
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. View quote
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High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
Maybe we adults idealize our own red-rover days, the hot afternoons spent playing games that required no coaches, eating foods that involved no nutrition, getting dirty in whole new ways and rarely glancing in the direction of a screen of any kind. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
Time is valuable; people are busy. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That's one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on. (Nancy Gibbs)
Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it. View quote
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water... View quote
Nancy Gibbs
A president cant go to every memorial service. View quote
Nancy Gibbs
The one problem with the Internet for journalists who like doing long form is that any story that's going to involve 16 screens on the web page... that's asking a lot of people. View quote
Nancy Gibbs