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I can say with confidence I know a fair bit about LSD.

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Dan Rather
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 31
Journalist
News Presenter
Opinion Journalist
Television Producer
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Texas
Daniel Irvin Dan Rather
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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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The Republican convention opens in New York to re-nominate George W. Bush and showcase the party's, quote, 'moderate side.' Will voters buy it?
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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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These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.
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The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
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Have you ever had any anger about President Bush - who spent his time during the Vietnam War in the National Guard - running, in effect, a campaign that does its best to diminish your service in Vietnam? You have to be at least irritated by that, or have you been?
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I know that this story is true.
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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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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
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I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.
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In dealing with the press, do yourself a favor, stick with one of three responses: (a) I know and I can tell you (b) I know and I can't tell you (c) I don't know.
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I'm part of nobody's world except Brezhnev's.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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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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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you.
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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.
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Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
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