James Peipert:
CLASS OF 1970
Columbia UniversityClass of 1970
New york, NY
James's Story
James is from Alton, Illinois. James later attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (English major; journalism, history minors) . James works(ed) at Fort Worth Star-telegram.
Music James likes includes The Diabolical Machines, Don Edwards, Gaelic Storm. Books James likes include Reporting the Revolutionary War. Movies James likes include A Christmas Story, Ride with Larry. TV shows James likes include American Masters | PBS, NOVA, PBS NewsHour.
One of James's favorite quotes is:"“One morning you awake and realize you’re not going to be Hemingway or the president of the company, that the torch has been passed to a new generation that works cheaper and maybe smarter. These people travel the fast track you once moved on, and to prove – to yourself or others? – that you’re still capable of extraordinary deeds, you do something your friends consider foolhardy, like riding your bicycle across America.”
-- David Lamb, "Over the Hills: A Midlife Escape Across America by Bicycle," 1996
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"The best way to start a cross-country bicycle trip is to...Expand for more
pretend you're not doing it.
"Convince yourself you are embarking on a series of day trips. It will do no good to anticipate the Rockies while still smelling the salt air of the Atlantic, or to think about the East if leaving from the West.
"One rest stop to another, one day at a time, one state before the next. That's the essential mind game. It will all add up to a journey exposing you to staggering landscapes, the kindness of strangers and abilities you didn't know you had."
-- Calvin Woodward, The Associated Press, 2006
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain, 1835-1910".
More about James:"Retired journalist/editor/foreign correspondent: The Associated Press, 1965-1987 (Chicago, New York, Moscow, London, Johannesburg, Nairobi); Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1987-2008 (15 years as national/foreign editor, seven years on editorial board).".
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