Charles M. Blow
Charles M. Blow
Charles McRay Blowis an American journalist, and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1970
CountryUnited States of America
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essays hate later life might pitch premise realized short spent time until waste worked york
I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
soul swamps confession
Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.
wrong-time right-thing
There is no wrong time to do the right thing.
teacher differences world
You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
mistake college anchors
When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they could be from everywhere and nowhere." From that point on, every time I was near an anchor, when no one was around, they would say something and I would say it right after them. It was this effort to get rid of my accent.
way cowardice vanquish
The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.
men empathy understanding
One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.
lying cat doors
A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.
love-you world may
Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.
may influence sometimes
There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.
determination destiny leader
Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.
passion want voters
Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.
country boys trying
I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.
clothes
There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.