Dan Rather Quotes

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• If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
• Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
• Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
• This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes.…
• I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.
• I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any…
• If frogs had side pockets, they'd carry hand guns.
• Catholic dioceses typically spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recklessly, then filed for bankruptcy. The goal was to avoid the money going to the hands…
• It's the old shell game.
• These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.
• An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
• I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
• To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
• The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord
• The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with…
• What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
• Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada at least a huge taco.

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