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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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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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Anything
Restroom

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In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
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