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Dan Rather
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 31
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I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to look at distance traveled.
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I'm part of nobody's world except Brezhnev's.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
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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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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 think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.
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The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you.
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If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
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To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged. I'll trust you to make sure that doesn't happen.
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The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.
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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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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
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I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've been covering campaigns, which I still do, I've made my mistakes and have been far from perfect.
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It's the ratings, stupid, don't you know? They've got us putting more fuzz and wuzz on the air, cop-show stuff.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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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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