Robert MacNeil

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#approach #certain #diplomacy #good #good manners

Also, when I didn't like something, I could keep my opinion to myself. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#could #i #keep #like #myself

After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#after #became #been #biting #both

And I'm in favor of that because I have a gay son, who's a very successful theater designer. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#designer #favor #gay #i #son

But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#belonged #country #emotionally #enormously #every

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#better #better place #city #completely #contemplate

I never wanted to be a pundit. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#never #wanted

I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#happy #i #i think #my own #necessary

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#child #heart #magic #mind #parents

Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#every #every night #fix #get #junkies