#p

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#amends #come #forgiveness #good #hope

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.' ↗

— Jayson Blair

#caught #demons #i #i believe #me

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#hire #hiring #how #i #know

I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#delivered #did #doing #feel #i

I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a certain kind of rage that bubbles up in many Americans, particularly, but not limited to, women, blacks, and other minorities. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#beautiful #been #blacks #bubbles #certain

I woke up find a rather noisy multi-lingual meeting going on. This was great as everyone could participate and even though everything had to be translated into about four different languages it never became boring. After a while the meeting broke up and everyone went for food. ↗

— John Blair

#after #became #boring #broke #could

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#authentic #being #clients #engaging #enhance

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#actor #after #am #change #clowns

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#hard #played #race #really #role

If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#friends #gay #go #i #male