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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.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
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News Presenter
San Diego
California
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My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
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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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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
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