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When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

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Helen Thomas
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 4
Died: 2013
Died: July 20
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Journalist
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Winchester
Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas
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I never thought about heaven per se. I think when you're dead, you're dead. If anything happens after that, you just hope you don't go to hell.
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I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.
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I wrote that President Bush is passing on to President-elect Obama two wars and an economic debacle. I call it a depression. And he is arming Israel against the Palestinians in every way in Gaza.
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I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day.
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The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.
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I'm of Arab background.
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I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.
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We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.
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We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.
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If we lose our title of land of the free, what have we got?
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All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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