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David Brinkley Inspirational Quotes (12)

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Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
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Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.
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Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
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The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.
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In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.
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I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
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Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.
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People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.
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She took a leap of faith and grew her wings on the way down.
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Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.
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We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.
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