American - Journalist | October 31, 1931 -
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
Dan Rather
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Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
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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.
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I'd much rather wear out than rust out.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
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I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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Only votes talk, everything else walks.
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Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of it by law, a lot of it by fear and tradition. But there was no violence where I lived, and if there was hate, it was either concealed from me or I just didn't recognize it.
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