Linda Ellerbee (b.1944) is an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C. correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network’s Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. Her work on NBC News Overnight was recognized by the jurors of the duPont Columbia Awards as “possibly the best written and most intelligent news program ever.”
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If men can run the world, why can’t they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
—Linda Ellerbee
Topics: Dress, Fashion, Men
People are pretty much alike. It’s only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
—Linda Ellerbee
Topics: Equality
I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.
—Linda Ellerbee
Topics: Laughter
In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.
—Linda Ellerbee
Topics: Relationships
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