Peter Jennings Quotes

• I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

  Peter Jennings

  Writing, America, Wanted

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• Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

  Peter Jennings

  Humor, Needs, Sense Of Humor

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• Illegal immigrants have been a problem in America for hundreds of years...Just ask any Indian.

  Peter Jennings

  Years, America, Problem

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• I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.

  Peter Jennings

  Quality, Adults, Born Again

  Interview in Saturday Evening Post, quoted by USA Today, August 7, 2005.

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• I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, Giving, Advice

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• Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

  Peter Jennings

  Loving You, Hey, My Family

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• As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, Media, Limits

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• There's no such thing as an independent person.

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  Independent, Independent Person, Persons

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• Canada join the United States? Where would young Canadians run off to for adventure? Where would Americans run to escape?

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  Running, Adventure, United States

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• There's a whole industry of conservatives saying, 'Ah, it's those damn liberals,' and a whole group of liberals saying, 'It's all those damn conservatives.'.

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  Groups, Damn, Industry

  Interview for KETV NewsWatch 7, October 19, 2004.

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• Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

  Peter Jennings

  Anchors, People, Reporters

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• The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

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  Father, Done, Life Is

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• We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

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  Cancer, Survival, Survivor

  Final ABC broadcast, April 5, 2005.

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• Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

  Peter Jennings

  Men, Issues, Feels

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• I believe there are unidentified flying objects, I'm just not sure who's driving.

  Peter Jennings

  Believe, Flying, Driving

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• I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

  Peter Jennings

  Scholar, Reporters

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• If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, Views, Different

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• There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

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  Funny, Mean, Good Day

  "Reality Show: Inside the Last Great Television News War". Book by Howard Kurtz, 2007.

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• I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

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  Thinking, Good Work, Mainstream

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• I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

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  Strong, Connections, Gone

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• I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

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  Objectivity, Want, Littles

  KETV NewsWatch 7 Interview, quoted in The Omaha Channel article, October 19, 2004.

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• Reach out, call your family members, if you have children, call them right now.

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  Children, Members, Our Family

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• I think there is a mainstream media. CNN is mainstream media, and the main, ABC, CBS, NBC are mainstream media. And I think it's just essentially to make the point that we are largely in the center without particular axes to grind, without ideologies which are represented in our daily coverage, at least certainly not on purpose.

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  Thinking, Nbc, Axes

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• I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.

  Peter Jennings

  Thinking, Political, Television

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• I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

  Peter Jennings

  People, Spirituality, Sensitive

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