Dan Rather Quotes
Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. is an American journalist who is the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News.
(1931 - )
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A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
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And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
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Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.
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Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
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For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
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I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.
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I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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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 of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas.
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If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
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Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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