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" In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country. "

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" Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express. "

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" Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask. "

" Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. "

" A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of stories we have done about them or their products or their friend's products or whatever. "

" Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. "

" Killing is the payoff of war. "

" When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.' "

" It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak. "

" The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis. "

" I believe in playing petanque with a certain kind of panache - even if you're winning, you take a risk. "

" When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that. "

" For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line. "

" If you want to look at a cheap shot, look at Mr. Koons's or Mr. Gober's art. By no definition is it art. "

" Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. "

" McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion. "

" The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton. "

" I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties. "

" I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years. "

" No great pastry chef has sweet teeth. "

" I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I? "

" We don't want anything from the government but that furtive little fellow called the truth - which, by the way, they'll never give you - which you have to go out and find by talking to people. "

" What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it. "

" You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times. "

" So much crap passes as information that not only does the audience sometimes miss the distinction between news and crap, the editors sometimes miss the distinction. "

" After more than 50 years of broadcasting on 'CBS News' and '60 Minutes,' I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air. "

" What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? "

" Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. "

" I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life. "

" Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep. "