The Right Words at the Right Time

by Thomas, Marlo

• ISBN13: 9780786247356
• ISBN10: 0786247355
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr

Summary

From big cities to farm communities, from office cubicles to hospital wards, from Normandy Beach to Boston's Fenway Park, the contributors to this remarkable volume -- selected from among thousands in a nationwide search --- tell riveting stories about the words that changed their lives forever.

Table of Contents

Muhammad Ali	21	(4)
Christiane Amanpour	25	(5)
Stephen Ambrose	30	(3)
Jennifer Aniston	33	(5)
Lance Armstrong	38	(4)
Candice Bergen	42	(4)
Jeff Bezos	46	(4)
David Boies	50	(6)
Tom Brokaw	56	(5)
Mel Brooks	61	(5)
Barbara Bush	66	(4)
Laura Bush	70	(5)
President Jimmy Carter	75	(4)
Hillary Rodham Clinton	79	(3)
Chuck Close	82	(4)
Kenneth Cole	86	(5)
Bill Cosby	91	(5)
Katie Couric	96	(4)
Cindy Crawford	100	(3)
Walter Cronkite	103	(6)
Cameron Crowe	109	(4)
Billy Crystal	113	(5)
Ellen DeGeneres	118	(6)
Barry Diller	124	(4)
Dr. Peter Doherty	128	(5)
Phil Donahue	133	(6)
Michael Eisner	139	(5)
Daniel Ellsberg	144	(6)
Betty Ford	150	(4)
Diane von Furstenberg	154	(3)
Frank Gehry	157	(4)
Richard Gephardt	161	(3)
The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg	164	(3)
Rudolph Giuliani	167	(8)
Whoopi Goldberg	175	(3)
William Goldman	178	(5)
Doris Kearns Goodwin	183	(6)
Matt Groening	189	(6)
Uta Hagen	195	(5)
Scott Hamilton	200	(5)
Mia Hamm	205	(4)
Dr. David Ho	209	(4)
Arianna Huffington	213	(3)
James Jeffords	216	(5)
Philip Johnson	221	(3)
Robert Johnson	224	(5)
Quincy Jones	229	(5)
Andrea Jung	234	(4)
David E. Kelley	238	(3)
Billie Jean King	241	(4)
Ted Koppel	245	(4)
Ralph Lauren	249	(3)
Ang Lee	252	(3)
John Leguizamo	255	(5)
Jay Leno	260	(4)
Maya Lin	264	(5)
David Mamet	269	(2)
Wilma Mankiller	271	(4)
Mary Matalin	275	(5)
Dave Matthews	280	(3)
John McCain	283	(5)
Paul McCartney	288	(4)
Dennis Miller	292	(1)
Toni Morrison	293	(4)
Ralph Nader	297	(5)
Willie Nelson	302	(5)
Paul Newman	307	(4)
Mike Nichols	311	(6)
Jack Nicholson	317	(5)
Conan O'Brien	322	(5)
Rosie O'Donnell	327	(4)
Shaquille O'Neal	331	(3)
Al Pacino	334	(5)
Gwyneth Paltrow	339	(5)
Sarah Jessica Parker	344	(5)
Sean Penn	349	(4)
Itzhak Perlman	353	(4)
Bob Pittman	357	(4)
Sidney Poitier	361	(6)
Vladimir Pozner	367	(5)
Anna Quindlen	372	(5)
Dr. Sally Ride	377	(3)
Cal Ripken Jr.	380	(5)
Dennis Rivera	385	(4)
Chris Rock	389	(3)
Ray Romano	392	(3)
Carlos Santana	395	(4)
Diane Sawyer	399	(3)
Martin Sheen	402	(5)
Dr. Ruth Simmons	407	(4)
Carly Simon	411	(5)
Sammy Sosa	416	(4)
Steven Spielberg	420	(3)
George Steinbrenner	423	(4)
Gloria Steinem	427	(4)
Martha Stewart	431	(5)
Amy Tan	436	(3)
Julie Taymor	439	(4)
Twyla Tharp	443	(4)
Ted Turner	447	(3)
Mike Wallace	450	(4)
Barbara Walters	454	(5)
Vera Wang	459	(5)
Wendy Wasserstein	464	(6)
Maxine Waters	470	(6)
Venus Williams	476	(4)
Oprah Winfrey	480	(3)
Tom Wolfe	483	(6)
A Letter from the Dalai Lama	489