Dan Rather
Journalist
1931-10-31
Books by Dan Rather
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The American Dream
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What unites us
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The Camera Never Blinks
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Quotes by Dan Rather
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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.
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The dream begins, most of the time,with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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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.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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The dream begins, most of the time,with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth
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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.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
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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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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.
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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.
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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'.
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This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
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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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Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
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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.
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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
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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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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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