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" I often work seven days a week. I'm not looking for a pat on the back because I love what I do. "
David Muir
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Work
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" There's something about a sign-off that seems predictable. I just say whatever comes to my mind, to the pleasure and horror of the control room, I'm sure. "
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" Every evening, I would excuse myself from playing in the backyard and go inside to watch the evening news... I wanted to get out there and see the world, and as a kid, I knew that Peter Jennings had a thirst and hunger to travel the world, too. "
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Travel
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" When we get news 24 hours a day, I think people need the evening newscast more than ever. "
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" The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble. "
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" I can report from the field with a tiny camera and a laptop. "
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Tiny
I Can
Field
" I think people do want to cut through the noise, and they do want straight shooters, and they want you to call people out on the facts when the facts are the facts. "
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You
Facts
Noise
" If we can get people engaged in the world around them in any form, in any way, that's a positive thing, and hopefully we can get them to come to the news more. "
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World
Way
Positive
" When I travel the country, I am often struck by how much we actually have in common. It's much more powerful than how much there is that's reported that divides us. "
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Travel
Powerful
Country
" I need to ask the questions the people at home want answered. "
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Want
People
Ask
" There's no such thing as alternative facts. "
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Thing
Alternative
Facts
" I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?' "
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Said
Need
News
" Peter Jennings was the James Bond of evening news, and I always wanted to be that. His evening news was really a conversation with America, and I hope that's something I can achieve. "
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Bond
America
Conversation
" I think Americans are a lot smarter than many give them credit for. "
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I Think
Credit
Give
" I think that with our 'Made in America' segments, where we go out to these factories all around the country, is essentially giving people a high-five and signal to them that we're in this together. "
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Giving
Think
America
" I hope people know that when I'm sitting there, it's not some guy on a desk on a platform with sort of this voice-of-God approach. "
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Sitting
People
Know
" I'm so privileged to sit where Diane Sawyer and Peter Jennings sat. "
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Privileged
Where
Diane
" The reporting has always been what drives me. "
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Drives
Reporting
Me
" I think the American people are bombarded with information from all directions, all day long. "
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Think
Day
People
" I think there is a danger when it comes to fake news because there is some fake news out there, but there's also a danger when you only hear back to you the beliefs you already have. "
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Danger
Fake
News
" I do feel if we underestimate the viewer, it's at our own peril. "
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Feel
Our
Underestimate
" I think I was always a curious kid. "
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Always
I Think
Curious
" A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job. "
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You
Life
Job
" While anchoring at Boston's WCVB-TV, I reported on Mitt Romney's run for Massachusetts governor. "
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Massachusetts
Run
Anchoring
" If any event teaches you how to perform on no sleep, it's a hurricane. "
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Hurricane
You
Sleep
" Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding. "
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Grateful
Day
Viewers
" I think the sensibilities of having grown up in Upstate New York and the concerns, the fears, the hopes of the people there are reflected all over the country. "
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New
Country
New York
" At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol Hill for WTVH-TV in my hometown of Syracuse, New York. I then covered Hillary Clinton's first Senate run. "
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Hill
Hometown
Run
" I remember being in New Orleans after Katrina hearing people calling, 'Help me,' and wanting to slide down in the seat of my car because it felt like I was invading their suffering. But I also know that our being there gave them a voice. "
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Voice
Me
People
" We have to find a way to let everyone know when they're watching that we hear them, that we're asking their questions on all ends of the spectrum. "
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Know
Find
Questions
" I still like the physicality of papers. "
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Physicality
Still
Papers