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• We may see Michael Jackson's baby before we know the final outcome of this race for the House of Representatives tonight.

  Dan Rather

  Baby, Race, House

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• In dealing with the press, do yourself a favor, stick with one of three responses: (a) I know and I can tell you; (b) I know and I can't tell you; (c) I don't know.

  Dan Rather

  Three, Favors, Sticks

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• Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?

  Dan Rather

  Dance, Politics, Democrat

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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.

  Dan Rather

  School, News, Remember

  Twitter post from Aug 01, 2014

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• I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.

  Dan Rather

  Dream, Blessed, Lucky

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• If you liked this broadcast, we hope you'll watch it again tomorrow night and maybe tell your neighbors about it.

  Dan Rather

  Night, Watches, Tomorrow

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• By more than two to one Americans do not consider what Kevorkian did, injecting a terminally ill patient with legal drugs at the patient's request, to be the same as murder. You may want to note that laws are not supposed to be enforced on the basis of public opinion polls.

  Dan Rather

  Law, Two, Drug

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• Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.

  Dan Rather

  Country

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• One finds oneself saying: 'I know the right question, but ... this is not exactly the right time to ask it.'

  Dan Rather

  Right Time, Oneself, Knows

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• I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.

  Dan Rather

  Country, War, Swings

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

  Dan Rather

  Thinking, Style, Democracy

  CBS "Evening News", June 17, 1987.

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• The reelection of Bill Clinton is as secure as a double-knot tied in wet rawhide.

  Dan Rather

  Reelection, Bills, Clinton

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• Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.

  Dan Rather

  Law, United States, Definitions

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

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• [My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

  Dan Rather

  Jobs, Trapeze, Trapeze Artists

  "Sign-Off: The long and complicated career of Dan Rather" by Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. March 07, 2005.

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

  Dan Rather

  War, Years, America

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

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• To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged. I'll trust you to make sure that doesn't happen.

  Dan Rather

  Trust, Sea, Crafts

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• From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.

  Dan Rather

  Wall, Spring, Japan

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

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• Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree.

  Dan Rather

  College, Degrees, Dollars

  "College on the Cheap" by Dan Rather, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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• Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of it by law, a lot of it by fear and tradition. But there was no violence where I lived, and if there was hate, it was either concealed from me or I just didn't recognize it.

  Dan Rather

  Hate, Eye, Rights

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• The Republican convention opens in New York to re-nominate George W. Bush and showcase the party's, quote, 'moderate side.' Will voters buy it?

  Dan Rather

  New York, Party, Voters

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• President Bush insisted today that he was not caving in to big-money contributors, big-time lobbyists, and overall industry pressure when he broke a campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. But the air was thick today with accusations from people who believe that's exactly what happened.

  Dan Rather

  Believe, Air, People

  "Clamoring for Kyoto" by Rich Noyes, www.newsbusters.org. May 24, 2012.

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• On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut plan, partly bankrolled, critics say, through cuts in many federal aid programs for children and education.

  Dan Rather

  Children, Party, Cutting

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• I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've been covering campaigns, which I still do, I've made my mistakes and have been far from perfect.

  Dan Rather

  Mistake, Editors, Perfect

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

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• They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.

  Dan Rather

  Pockets, May, Frogs

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• This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.

  Dan Rather

  Art, Mistake, Blow

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

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