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" Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage. "

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" I was unknown because I came to Washington from the West. I started covering Watergate. Immodestly, I'd say I did it pretty well, in part because it was hard to go wrong. "

" I've interviewed presidents and royalty, rock stars and movie stars, famous generals and captains of industry; I've had front row seats at Super Bowls, World Series, and Olympic Games; my books have been on best-seller lists, and my marriage is a long-running success. "

" I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today. "

" In 1989, a lone and still-anonymous Chinese student stood unarmed in front of a Chinese tank and gave the world an enduring image of the determination of China's young to change their nation. He didn't text message the tank or share a video on YouTube. "

" Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches. "

" I think obviously we need to work harder at extending the women's movement. How do women who have prepared for careers and have a child get back to the workplace and still fulfill maternal roles? "

" Gerald Ford brought to the political arena no demons, no hidden agenda, no hit list or acts of vengeance. He knew who he was, and he didn't require consultants or gurus to change him. "

" In one way or another, President Obama's critics will dog him all the way to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, and even his admirers will continue to have doubts about his accomplishments if not his promise. "

" While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships. "

" Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I'm much more empathetic. It's a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club. "

" My mentor in the transition from the old Gabriel Heatter and John Cameron Swayze way of doing things was David Brinkley. He brought an entirely different style to what we were doing. "

" I'm a working journalist. I'm interested in all points of view, and I draw conclusions based on facts, not just on opinions. "

" The daunting task of being a mother, a wife, and an independent career or professional person is really taxing. "

" When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was? "

" Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men. "

" It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. "

" I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9. "

" The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. "

" It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. "

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" Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high. "

" I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction. "

" My own strong feeling was that the gay liberation movement really got national attraction in the truest sense of the word later in the '70s, in the '80s, and especially in the '90s. "

" I was a young man working in Omaha, Nebraska, in the mid-1960s when I received a call, and I was summoned to Atlanta to work at WSB. It was, for me, the beginning of a real education about the South. "

" People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right. "

" One of the advantages of being a national journalist of some recognition is that you come across high-profile people, and many become your friends. "

" Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order. "

" I've been lucky from my earliest memory on. I happened to be born to the right parents, and the lives we led - working class, migratory - suited my personality. I had an adventurous mindset, and we lived on an Army base, then in South Dakota - it was a dynamic environment. "

" In the seasons of life, I have had more than my share of summers. "

" I'm in remission. I need to get my physical conditioning to a higher level. I was always very fit. I need to get back to where I am very confident in my ability to bike a long way. "

" The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing. "