"If we were to do the Second Coming……" — Edward R. Murrow
"If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable."
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Edward R. Murrow
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57 Quotes by Edward R. Murrow
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People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.
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A blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be…
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The politician is . . . trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded,…
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A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame.
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We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
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If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an…
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A satellite has no conscience.
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Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live.
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When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus…
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We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and…
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