"I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air."

Respect

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When Roone Arledge speaks about respect, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of respect in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Roone Arledge

Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline and 20/20.

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"I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share."

— Roone Arledge
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"The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future."

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"One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought."

— David Miliband
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"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible."

— George Santayana
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"Respect... is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique."

— Annie Gottlieb
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"People ask me all the time, 'Are you fed up with reality TV?' At the end of the day, it can affect my career in the sense that the more reality shows there are, the less scripted dramas out there, but I can't ever really knock them. I started on 'Popstars,' which was a reality talent show. I have respect for them."

— Josh Henderson
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