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" Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. "
Morley Safer
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" 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. "
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" I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties. "
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" Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. "
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" I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere. "
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" After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really. "
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" No great pastry chef has sweet teeth. "
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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. "
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" What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio. "
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" I really don't like being on television. It makes me uneasy. It is not natural to be talking to a piece of machinery. But the money is very good. "
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" It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak. "
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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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" What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it. "
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" 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. "
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" You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times. "
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" Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. "
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" 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. "
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" I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life. "
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" Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened. "
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" When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.' "
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" 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. "
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" I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I? "
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" 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. "
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" I believe in playing petanque with a certain kind of panache - even if you're winning, you take a risk. "
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" I don't see myself as a Luddite. "
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" The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton. "
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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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