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In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
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San Diego
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Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
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Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
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News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
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When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
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I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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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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Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.
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