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John Dickerson

American Journalist

Born: Jul 6, 1968

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To be the windowpane - this is basically a bastardization of what Orwell said about good writing - so you can get the conversation going and frame it the right way and make sure people aren't lost. And then you let the candidates illuminate the issues themselves. John Dickerson

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That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters? John Dickerson

Politics Characters Does Conclusion Happening Story Interesting Interesting Characters Mean Who

If people feel like the boss doesn't respect them, they don't stretch for the boss. John Dickerson

Respect People Boss Feel Like Them Stretch

The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course. John Dickerson

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The house was big enough for my brother and me to have firecracker wars at one end and leave Mom and Dad undisturbed at the other. When firecrackers weren't available, we attacked each other with pennies and marbles and clumps of Crisco, which made brilliant greasy asterisks when you missed and hit the wall. John Dickerson

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One of the things that voters have said about Donald Trump, since he has no government experience, is that he will be able to surround himself with good advisers. John Dickerson

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President-elect Donald Trump says he's looking for a simple plan for defeating ISIS within his first 30 days of taking office. But even as ISIS has suffered setbacks in Iraq and Syria, its violent ideology continues to spread. John Dickerson

Simple First Looking Ideology Says Syria He Taking Days Within Spread His Trump Iraq Office Donald Donald Trump Plan Even Suffered Defeating Violent Setbacks

Every president makes the Oval Office theirs. John Dickerson

Every President Oval Oval Office Makes Office

Michael Flynn was forced to resign, we are told, because he told a big lie. But what about the little ones? John Dickerson

Lie Big About He Forced Because Michael Little Resign

Talking to the press is not always good. John Dickerson

Good Press Talking Always

Not everybody gets a chance to go fly around the country and spend time in places with people who aren't like them, where, again and again, you realize we're all generally alike. John Dickerson

During the 2008 campaign, Hillary Clinton ran a blunt television ad asking whether Barack Obama could handle a foreign policy crisis. John Dickerson

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If we practice hard enough, we can become thoroughly interested in even the simplest things of daily life, the way a child would. The smallest things would become so meaningful, they might even be worth a few words or a photograph, whatever method you use to capture them. John Dickerson

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If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine. John Dickerson

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There's kind of a Tom Harkin aspect to Bernie Sanders, even though Harkin is supporting Secretary Clinton. John Dickerson

Secretary Secretary Clinton Though Bernie Sanders Kind Supporting Clinton Aspect Even Tom

Some of us do talk about women like objects, which dehumanizes them. John Dickerson

Women Some About Objects Like Talk Which Them Us

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