Dan Rather Quotes

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• A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

  Dan Rather

  Inspirational, Life Lesson, Negative People

  FaceBook post by Dan Rather from Jul 21, 2014

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• Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

  Dan Rather

  Sympathy, Courage, Cancer

  Twitter post from Jul 16, 2014

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• Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.

  Dan Rather

  Government, Average, People

  "Dan Rather: Corporate Media ‘Is In Bed With’ Washington", www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2012.

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• The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

  Dan Rather

  Thank You, Education, Dream

  Dan Rather (1984). “The Camera Never Blinks”, Ballantine Books

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• The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.

  Dan Rather

  Dog, Smell, Bark

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• A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

  Dan Rather

  Heart, Independent, Democracy

  Twitter post from Jul 28, 2014

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• I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.

  Dan Rather

  Honesty, Lying, Thinking

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• Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

  Dan Rather

  Moving, One Direction, Literature

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• If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

  Dan Rather

  Journey, Long, Difficulty

  Twitter post from Jul 22, 2014

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• A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

  Dan Rather

  Dream, Sacrifice, Opportunity

  "I’ve Discovered Facebook" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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• If you're in Journalism and you're looking for friends, you should get a dog.

  Dan Rather

  Dog, Journalism, Should

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• Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

  Dan Rather

  Wisdom, Creeks, Alligators

  "Sign-off" by Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. March 07, 2005.

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• But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.

  Dan Rather

  Opportunity, Museums, Memorial

  "A History Lesson" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2011.

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• I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

  Dan Rather

  Rust

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• The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you.

  Dan Rather

  Dream, Teacher, Believe

  Dan Rather (1984). “The Camera Never Blinks”, Ballantine Books

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• Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.

  Dan Rather

  Life, Inspire, Balance

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• Music is important. It says things you heart can't say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they're doing - and don't take music for granted.

  Dan Rather

  Heart, School, Cutting

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• College is like a woman: you work so hard to get in, and nine months later you wish you'd never come.
  We used to say if a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun.

  Dan Rather

  College, Wish, Sides

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• (Obama's) a nice person, he's very articulate this is what's been used against him, but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic.

  Dan Rather

  Nice, Racism, Flags

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• One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.

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  Important, Roles, Journalist

  "Dan Rather: 'Quote approval' a media sellout" by Dan Rather, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2012.

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• We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.

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  Country, America, People

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• Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here's why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks truth to power. What's happened with journalists - again, I don't except myself from this criticism - in some ways we've lost our guts. We need a spine transplant. What's happened is comedians, in their own way, speak truth to power and fill that vacuum that we in journalism have too often left, particularly post 9/11.

  Dan Rather

  Comedian, Criticism, Vacuums

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• I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to look at distance traveled.

  Dan Rather

  Inspirational, Distance, Looks

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• And now the sequence of events in no particular order.

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  Stupid, Silly, Order

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• This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

  Dan Rather

  Squares, Race, Literature

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