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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat if there is a place to sit, sit if there is a restroom, go.
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No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
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