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You didn't tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth.

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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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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 a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.
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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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