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Ted Koppel
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 8
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Edward James Martin Koppel
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And there will continue to be a specific threat, and there will continue to be terrorism, as there has been for as long as human history exists.
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To face despair and not give in to it, that's courage.
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If we're able to identify our own ignorance, we can identify someone else's expertise. We learn how to listen to each other. And that is the foundation of human understanding.
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