Dee Dee Myers Quotes

• Yes, Bill Clinton is a big flirt.

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• Women’s particular experiences continue to shape not just their points of view but their actions, in the United States and around the world.

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• Women have a lot of power in private life.

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• Women communicate differently and process information differently, which leads them to resolve conflicts differently.

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• Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

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• Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close – physically and emotionally – to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

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• There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.

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• The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.

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• The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.

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• The fight is always the same within the Democratic Party, isn’t it? The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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• That’s not to say that women’s priorities are better than men’s. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit.

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• President Barack Obama would do well to take a page or two from Clinton’s playbook.

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• No reporter is flying around in borrowed twin-engine airplanes.

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• My job is to be a spokesman – the spokesman, I suppose – for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues.

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• In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton’s campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn’t buy his alleged concern for the middle class.

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• In a way I think Bill Clinton is more likely to forgive and move on or at least try to woo people who don’t love him. But he never really tried to woo the press as much as he might have.

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• If people believe you’re on their side, they will trust your decisions.

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• I’m a baseball freak.

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• I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

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• I don’t think women hold all the answers, but with their skills, their strengths, we can get to a better place.

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Dee Dee Myers (27)

Birth:	1st September, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Political Analyst, Secretary

About

Dee Dee Myers was born in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA. She is an American author, political analyst, and White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration, from January 1993 to December 1994. Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The West Wing. She is also the author of the 2008 New York Times best-selling book, Why Women Should Rule The World.

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