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Tom Brokaw
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 6
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I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.
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It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
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A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility
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You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
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Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.
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In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up.
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No text message will ever replace the first kiss.
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I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they are always looking forward and seldom back.
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The Fall of the House of Zeus is a riveting American saga of ambition, cunning, greed, corruption, high life and low life in the land of Faulkner and Grisham. These are good ol' boys gone bad with flair, private jets, and lots of cash to carry. Curtis Wilkie, a child of the South and a reporter's reporter, is the perfect match for this wild ride.
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People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad news.
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It will do us little good to wire the world if we limit our vision. It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circuit our souls.
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TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.
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Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.
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It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.
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I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.
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I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.
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If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is the high church.
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I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.
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Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches.
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Life is filled with seasons and this is a different season.
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