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It's the old shell game.

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Games, Religion, Shells

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My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee - the natural enemy of a tightrope walker.

Dan Rather

Cousin, Enemy, Bees

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The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when its core components of freedom and opportunity are open to more Americans than ever before. It holds a real, identifiable place in the American heart and mind, and it informs the aspirations of everyone from farmers to software developers, from detectives to bankers, from soldiers to social workers . . . It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions.

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Dream, Real, Heart

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Journalism is less addictive than communism.

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Journalism, Communism

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I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.

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Thinking, Editors, Important

"Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2005.

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When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.

Dan Rather

Anchorman

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Catholic dioceses typically spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recklessly, then filed for bankruptcy. The goal was to avoid the money going to the hands of victims of predator priests.

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Hands, Goal, Catholic

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Writing is the rock on which everything is built.

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Writing, Rocks, Built

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Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

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Sports, Baseball, Games

"Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2005.

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I read the book [My Life by Bill Clinton] completely. And I think it compares very favorably with Ulysses S. Grant's gold standard of presidential autobiographies.

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Book, Thinking, Presidential

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Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.

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Country, Grandmother, Playing Games

Dan Rather (1995). “The Camera Never Blinks Twice: The Further Adventures of a Television Journalist”, Hearst Books

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Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers, not writers. Do powder puff, not probing interviews. Stay away from controversial subjects. Kiss ass, move with the mass, and for heaven and rating's sake, don't make anybody mad- - certainly not anybody you're covering, and especially not the mayor, the governor, the senator, the president or the vice-president or anybody in a position of power. Make nice, not news.

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Nice, Moving, Kissing

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There was a time in South Africa that people would put flaming tires around peoples' necks if they dis-sented. And in some ways the fear is that you will be necklaced here, you will have a flaming tire of lack of patriotism put around your neck. Now it is that fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions... And again, I am humbled to say, I do not except myself from this criticism.

Dan Rather

Tough Questions, People, Criticism

"Veteran CBS News Anchor Dan Rather Speaks Out on BBC Newsnight Tonight". www.bbc.co.uk. May 16, 2002.

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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

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Thinking, Style, Democracy

CBS "Evening News", June 17, 1987.

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Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

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Country

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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

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Political, Caves, Literature

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And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.

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School, News, Remember

Twitter post from Aug 01, 2014

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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?

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Dance, Politics, Democrat

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For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

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Mean Girls, Hurt, Boys

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I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.

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Digital, Savants, Apprentice

"I’ve Discovered Facebook" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2011.

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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

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War, Years, America

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

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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

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Thinking, Important, Journalism

"I’ve Discovered Facebook" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2011.

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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

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Groups, Advocating, Fairs

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If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.

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Seats, Aisle, Ifs

Twitter post from Apr 23, 2014

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The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.

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Mother, Strong, Father

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