Anderson Cooper Quotes

• The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you’re not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you’re special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that’s the kiss of death.

  Anderson Cooper

• The whole celebrity culture thing – I’m fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

  Anderson Cooper

• That’s the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

  Anderson Cooper

• If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they’re more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.

  Anderson Cooper

• I’ve been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.

  Anderson Cooper

• I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don’t know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don’t know as long as you say you don’t know it.

  Anderson Cooper

• I think it’s a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I’m for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

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• I suppose if you’ve never bitten your nails, there isn’t any way to explain the habit. It’s not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction – pride in a job well done.

  Anderson Cooper

• I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you’re not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you’re special and begin to expect it.

  Anderson Cooper

• Anyone who says they’re not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

  Anderson Cooper

• Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

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• A lot of compelling stories in the world aren’t being told, and the fact that people don’t know about them compounds the suffering.

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Anderson Cooper (12)

Birth:	3rd June, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Journalist, Model, Television Presenter

About

Anderson Hays Cooper was born in New York City. He is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories. From September 2011 to May 2013, he also served as host of his own eponymous syndicated daytime talk show, Anderson Live. He graduated from Yale University, he tried to gain entry-level employment with ABC answering telephones, but was unsuccessful. During college, Cooper spent two summers as an intern at the Central Intelligence Agency. Although he has no formal journalistic education, he opted to pursue a career in journalism rather than stay with the agency after school, having been a self-proclaimed "news junkie since was in utero."

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