Nancy Gibbs

Nancy Gibbs
Nancy Reid Gibbs is an American essayist and managing editor for Time magazine, a best-selling author and commentator on politics and values in the United States. She is the co-author with Michael Duffy of The New York Times Bestsellers The Preacher and the Presidents; Billy Graham in the White Houseand The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
exciting obviously written
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.
interested mandate time
I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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If anything, the power of the cover of 'Time' has increased as the media landscape has atomized.
boomers
If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
felt ourselves playing
My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.
power
Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.
believes
Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.
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The real luxury travel of the modern age is not through space; it's through time.
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There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.
choose word
When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.