You Have to Stand for Something, or You'll Fall for Anything - Hardcover

Jones, Star; Paisner, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553108549 ISBN 13: 9780553108545

Verlag: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1998

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A former prosecuting attorney and the hostess of the highly popular morning TV talk show, The View, holds forth on such subjects as self-esteem and the African-American woman, men and commitment, career, and being full-figured. 125,000 first printing.

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Star Jones rose to senior assistant district attorney in Brooklyn, New York, where she was renowned for her successful prosecution of high-profile homicide trials and community-sensitive cases. She debuted on television in 1991 as a commentator for Court TV, and later became the legal correspondent for Today. In 1997, she was selected by Barbara Walters to be one of the daily co-hosts for the unique new Emmy Award-winning television show, The View, which has become a favorite of millions of women viewers.

Daniel Paisner has written bestselling books with Geraldo Rivera and Montel Williams.

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smart, outrageous, funny, dead-on--former New York City prosecutor Star Jones has quickly become one of the most often quoted, most respected personalities on television. Now, in her first book, Star writes it like she talks it on her hit ABC-TV show, The View, sharing generous helpings of her strongly held beliefs and take-no-prisoners opinions.

"You have to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything," she writes. "If you don't know what your position is, if you don't know where you draw the line between right and wrong, you'll never see yourself as you truly are. You'll never see the world as it truly is. You'll never have the confidence or the drive to do what you have to do to make a difference. You'll never feel good about yourself and your place in the world. So that's become my credo. Stand for something. And do you know what? I don't fall for much."

No, she doesn't. She doesn't suffer fools or shy from injustice or shrink from h

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• Verlag: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0553108549
• ISBN 13: 9780553108545
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 235
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