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" I'd much rather wear out than rust out. "
Dan Rather
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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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" 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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" 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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" A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. "
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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 great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted. "
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" A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. "
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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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" This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex. "
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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. "
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" I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog. "
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" What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage. "
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