Larry Speakes

(1939–2014) Journalist United States

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Larry Speakes was a journalist from the United States, best known for Speaking out.

Quick Facts About Larry Speakes

Born: September 13, 1939
Died: January 10, 2014
Nationality: United States
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: Speaking out

About Larry Speakes

Larry Melvin Speakes was an American journalist and spokesperson who acted as White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. He assumed the role after Press Secretary James Brady was shot on March 30, 1981.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Presidential Citizens Medal

Quotes by Larry Speakes

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing…

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Finding yourself

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Ol' Shoot from the Lip," we call him.

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Lips

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Rules for a White House Spokesman: No. 1 is always tell the truth. I've got only one currency, that's the truth. There…

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Air

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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

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Dodge

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You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.

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News

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If you tell the same story five times, it's true.

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Five

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Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.

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When, at the age of seven, he blew up the family truck by dropping a match down the gas tank, we should…

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Age

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