A Quote by Valentina Tereshkova

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

Valentina Tereshkova

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Being Figure Life Never Personal Personal Life Press Public Public Figure Television

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Valentina Tereshkova
Russian - Astronaut
Born: March 6, 1937

When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn't have a personal life.

Mitski

Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of policies in the name of public health that are aimed at regulating personal behavior.

Radley Balko

...a Conservative backbencher called Margaret Thatcher managed, despite front bench opposition, to get enacted her Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, which was aimed at opening up council meetings to both press and public.

Clive Ponting

I understand that when you become a public figure, people pay more attention to you, but my personal life is my space.

Radhika Apte

I have quite a bit of experience reporting on corporate behavior, both doing it with independent operations in early in my career, in the underground press, to magazines like 'Rolling Stone,' to regional newspapers and television, and television news programs, to papers like the 'New York Times' and public television.

Lowell Bergman

I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction.

James McGreevey

That's good advice for any young person to remember who aspires to leadership in corporate or public life. Develop a thick skin when it comes to the press. Remember you're never as bad-or as good-as the press says you are.

William Schreyer

You used to have to own a radio tower or television tower or printing press. Now all you have to have is access to an Internet cafe or a public library, and you can put your thoughts out in public.

Clay Shirky

'Meet the Press' is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television.

David Shuster

Meet the Press is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television.

David Shuster

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

Christabel Pankhurst

Being in the public eye, you can't really avoid a lot of questions. A lot of questions are being thrown at you, whether it's about your personal life or your personal beliefs, and I'm happy to answer them all.