American - Journalist | February 6, 1940 -
I have no problem whatsoever with a kind of political overview or an ideological overview for any of these outlets as long as it's transparent. We know where Breitbart stands, we know where Fox stands, where MSNBC stands. So, people go in with an understanding of that.
Tom Brokaw
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There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life.
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I was on the board of the Mayo Clinic. I was diagnosed there, and I could pick up the phone and get a hold of whoever I wanted to. What I learned is that you really have to get proactive and manage your case.
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I had four compression fractures in my spine. They were repaired, but it cost me two inches of height.
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I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9.
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Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president, died from multiple myeloma. Frank Reynolds, the ABC anchorman, who I had talked to toward the end of his life, not knowing what he had, died from it. Later I found out that Frank McGee, who was the Today Show host, died from it.
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I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction.
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My family is not only attractive - I can say that because I'm paterfamilias - but they're really smart, and they're very, very compassionate.
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I had good care going. I had Meredith and the family. And I didn't want to become the object of some kind of pity, most of all. I didn't want to show up on the Internet, 'Tom Brokaw has cancer.'
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I've been lucky from my earliest memory on. I happened to be born to the right parents, and the lives we led - working class, migratory - suited my personality. I had an adventurous mindset, and we lived on an Army base, then in South Dakota - it was a dynamic environment.
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I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit.
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Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I'm much more empathetic. It's a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club.
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