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In any kind of conflict, you have a certain dehumanization that comes along with it. And it's important as a reporter, a writer, a journalist, to try to restore humanity.
Anthony Shadid
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Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces.
Anthony Shadid
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Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.
Anthony Shadid
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As a journalist, your job is to bear witness.
Anthony Shadid
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The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big.
Anthony Shadid
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I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.
Anthony Shadid
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On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.
Anthony Shadid
