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Cokie and Steve Roberts on the Makings of a Lasting Marriage
"There are lots of times when the smartest, kindest and most successful thing you can do is shut up. And it is so easy to just say all the hurtful things you can think of." --Cokie
"Tact is not the same thing as dishonesty. Any good relationship has to be based on profound honesty, but that's not the same as brutality or self-indulgence." --Steve
Cokie and Steve Roberts met with ThirdAge contributing editor Kyle Roderick to discuss their new book about American love and marriage, From This Day Forward (William Morrow & Co., Inc.). Along with revealing how they've balanced the needs of their interfaith family with two high-powered careers, Cokie and Steve describe what it takes to switch jobs at midlife, thrive during empty nest years, and cope when one spouse supplants the other as primary breadwinner.
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Cokie Roberts is co-anchor of the ABC news program "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts" and a congressional analyst for ABC News. She also serves as a news analyst for National Public Radio.
Steve Roberts has served as White House and congressional correspondent for The New York Times. A well-known political commentator, he appears regularly on public television's "Washington Week in Review" and CNN's "Late Edition." Currently he is Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. Next: Are Marriages Made to Last? >
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