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Nicole Lapin Quotes

born 1984

Nicole Lapin (born March 7, 1984) is an American journalist and an anchor on CNN. She is the creator and host of "Young People Who Rock."

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It’s not about hair, it’s about being you--whether that’s something the industry has seen before and accepts or not.

Anchoring four hours a day, solo, you have to know your stuff. But I do. I'm a real geek.

I didn't know whether to run from my seat...I was in the line of fire. My desk is now a crime scene.

I’m a vegan. But, no one believes it because when you’re out in the field, most of your meal options involve meat with a side of something fried. I’ve learned how to be creative and improvise and can eat anywhere — even a steak house or a gas station.

My generation isn’t tolerant of what they see as fake or staged. They’re looking for authenticity and honesty. Journalists who want to reach them need to be able to say, ‘I don’t personally have all the answers, but I do have a good idea about where we’ll find them.'

Intelligence is attractive, but so is life experience. You can’t amass it just by reading a ton of books. But you can live a lot of life in a short time. Travel. Talk to everyone. Collect adventures, and use them to understand the world. That’s how you learn to treat people well. And that’s sexy.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nicole Lapin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.