Jim Lehrer Quotes - Page 2

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• I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.

  Jim Lehrer

  Journalism, Judgment

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

  Jim Lehrer

  Believe, Responsibility, Presidential

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• I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.

  Jim Lehrer

  Practice, Asking Questions, Literature

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.

  Jim Lehrer

  People, Literature, Bells

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what's happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story.

  Jim Lehrer

  News Stories, People, Different

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". "CJR Daily" with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

  Jim Lehrer

  Real, Debate, Ifs

  "The GQ+A with Jim Lehrer". Interview With Luke Zaleski, www.gq.com. October 15, 2012.

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• I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

  Jim Lehrer

  Thinking, Literature, Kind

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12.

  Jim Lehrer

  Roger, Let Me, Clear

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• I have no reason to lie and every reason not to. If I do lie, I will be prosecuted.

  Jim Lehrer

  Lying, Reason, No Reason

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• I was never promised any special treatment or consideration for fingering star players. I was never coerced to provide information against anyone. All that I was ever told to was to tell the truth to the best of my ability. And that is what I have done.

  Jim Lehrer

  Stars, Player, Special

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• Make no mistake: When I told Senator Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth.

  Jim Lehrer

  Mistake, Drug, Roger

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• I'm not saying Senator Mitchell's report is entirely wrong. I am saying Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong. Let me be clear: I have never taken steroids or HGH.

  Jim Lehrer

  Taken, Brian, Steroid

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• If McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Clemens an innocent victim. If Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and has smeared McNamee. I don't think there's anything in between.

  Jim Lehrer

  Lying, Thinking, Telling The Truth

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• My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.

  Jim Lehrer

  Grateful, Marine, Who I Am

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• A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.

  Jim Lehrer

  Ideas, Two, Purpose

  "The GQ+A with Jim Lehrer". Interview with Luke Zaleski, www.gq.com. October 15, 2012.

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• In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do.

  Jim Lehrer

  People, Television

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• We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.

  Jim Lehrer

  Military, Life Is Like, Literature

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• I'm not in the being-annoyed business.

  Jim Lehrer

  Annoyed, Being Annoyed

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• I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

  Jim Lehrer

  Journalist

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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• Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.

  Jim Lehrer

  Literature, Turns, Know Me

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• I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties.

  Jim Lehrer

  Wine, Blue, Purple

  "PBS’s Judy Woodruff, Jim Lehrer reflect on prior presidential races". Interview with Betsy Rothstein, thehill.com. September 8, 2008.

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• If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.

  Jim Lehrer

  Games, Needs, Balls

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• In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

  Jim Lehrer

  Men, Texas, Covering

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• I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

  Jim Lehrer

  Men, White Man, Gatekeepers

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• The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.

  Jim Lehrer

  Marine, Iraq, Rate

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