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SPRING 2022
SHARPMAGAZINE COM
YEARS OF SHARP —TREVOR NOAH (ON DIALOGUE)
LONG-TIME LISTENER
FOR 15 YEARS IT’S BEEN BEEN A A A A A A A POINT OF OF PRIDE THAT SHARP HAS BEEN BEEN HOME TO PLENTY OF OF OF WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE THE THE WORLD’S BRIGHTEST FUNNIEST AND MOST INQUISITIVE MEN NEARLY ALL OF OF THEM — NO MATTER THEIR AREA
OF OF EXPERTISE WHETHER IT IT BE ON THE THE THE THE SCREEN STAGE ICE OR OR PAGE — HAVE HAD SOMETHING INSIGHTFUL OR OR JUST DOWNRIGHT FUNNY TO TO SHARE TO TO CELEBRATE OUR OUR OUR OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY WE COMBED THROUGH OUR OUR OUR OUR ARCHIVE TEASING OUT A A A A A A A A A A A FEW OF OF OF OUR OUR OUR OUR FAVOURITE ANECDOTES IDEAS OPINIONS AND BITS OF OF OF WISDOM EVER SHARED IN IN THE PAGES OF SHARP “ “You may not see eye eye to eye eye with some people but you still have to communicate and negotiate with [them] Nelson Mandela was a a a a perfect example of that I mean everyone would have said he’d have been justified in in starting a a a a civil war in South Africa and just taking over the country But he he negotiated Why did he he do that? Why did he he talk to the people who had oppressed him? Because he realized that in conversation you can get further — you can get closer
Well I would say to keep the dream And to to try to to pre-
serve the dream in a a nice pure state but then also develop a a a nasty
little crooked side [Laughs ] Get in there and do some dirty work to get your shit across but try to balance the two and when you have to give in a a little know when that is Just listen to the little angel inside but also listen to the little rat inside —IGGY POP (ON WHAT ADVICE HE’D GIVE TO STRUGGLING MILLENNIALS)
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to to understanding how you”
I used to to say to to some of the the junior reporters ‘You know the the odds are that you’re going to be around a a a a a lot longer than they are so don’t get too consumed by the office ’ ’ It’s important and you should respect it but a a a prime minister is is not going to be there forever [But] I have a a a lot of of respect for for politicians because of of their dedication to some form of public service Our job is to hold them accountable for the the deci- sions that they take [and] those of us in in the the media are always looking for the the edge or or or the the angle — — which is important — — but we should hold them in in more respect than we we tend to I don’t think we we should ever lose sight of what brought them there ”
—PETER MANSBRIDGE (ON INTERVIEWING PRIME MINISTERS)
’ve gotten to where you are