Sally Quinn

Sally Quinn
Sally Sterling Quinnis an American author and journalist, who writes about religion for a blog at The Washington Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth1 July 1941
CitySavannah, GA
CountryUnited States of America
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spiritual religious belief
Everyone seems to be searching and yearning for answers whatever they may be. And that ends up being some kind of spiritual or religious belief.
spiritual religious cliche
I now consider myself quite religious and spiritual although that sounds like a terrible cliche.
american-journalist married together
We've been together 32 years and married for 27.
agreed buy charm chose clearly condition either flashes laughable leave met
When I met Little Edie, she was clearly nuts, but there were flashes of charm and style. When I agreed to buy the house, I said that I would take it on the condition that either she leave it broom-clean - which was laughable - or that she leave it all ... and she chose to leave everything.
imagine newspapers junkie
We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
motivation ambition people
The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the desire to excel are secondary. Because fear is an enormous motivating force, many in the medium are afraid to make decisions, take chances, do anything innovative.
views fundamentalist-religion class
It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of women.
circles wagons administration
Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.
wine home lunch
I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
christian morning posts
This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.
polls democrat journalist
Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.
years people crowds
I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.
husband interesting advice
Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
position-of-power people house
Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.