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> [During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically and psychologically, they were separated from their classmates. Events that seemed earth-shattering to them-- for example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/during-their-college-years-the-oarsmen-put-in-terrbily-long-hours/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

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## More by David Halberstam

> [ “Theodore Sorensen wrote for \[Robert Kennedy's 1968\] announcement speech: “At stake is not simply the leadership of our party, and even our own country,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/theodore-sorensen-wrote-for-robert-kennedy-s-1968-announcement-speech/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“For there was no doubt in Bundy’s mind about his ability to handle... the world. The job was not just a happenstance thing; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/for-there-was-no-doubt-in-bundy-s-mind-about-his-ability-to-handle/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/fear-was-the-terrible-secret-of-the-battlefield-and-could-afflict-the/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/fresh-from-the-rarefied-environments-of-harvard-the-author-says-he/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Because history became his (Keenan's) genuine passion, he tended to see the world in terms of deep historical forces that, in his mind, formed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/because-history-became-his-keenan-s-genuine-passion-he-tended-to-see/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/being-a-professional-means-doing-your-job-on-the-days-you-don-t-want/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Most journalists are impatient to get their legwork done and to start the actual writing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/most-journalists-are-impatient-to-get-their-legwork-done-and-to-start/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“Day after day we read about them, each new man more brilliant than the last. They were not just an all-star first team, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/day-after-day-we-read-about-them-each-new-man-more-brilliant-than-the/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/if-there-is-anything-that-is-important-to-america-it-is-that-you-are/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/during-their-college-years-the-oarsmen-put-in-terrbily-long-hours/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“The good reporters of that era, those who were well educated and who were enlightened themselves and worked for enlightened organizations, liked the Kennedys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/the-good-reporters-of-that-era-those-who-were-well-educated-and-who/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“true wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/true-wisdom-is-the-product-of-hard-won-often-bitter-experience/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/memory-is-often-less-about-the-truth-than-about-what-we-want-it-to-be/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [“There is no small irony here: An administration which flaunted its intellectual superiority and its superior academic credentials made the most critical of decisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/there-is-no-small-irony-here-an-administration-which-flaunted-its/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

> [If youre a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/if-youre-a-reporter-the-easiest-thing-in-the-world-is-to-get-a-story/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

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