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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
Dan Rather
I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly.
Dan Rather
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
Dan Rather
[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.
Dan Rather
I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas.
Dan Rather
He invented the job, the job of anchoring, did it himself for 40 years, and taught two generations of anchormen, including this one, how to do it. He's retiring, but he'll be with us in spirit, and he'll be a part of every broadcast we do.
Dan Rather
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
Dan Rather
And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
Dan Rather
Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
Dan Rather
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
Dan Rather
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
Dan Rather
Only votes talk, everything else walks.
Dan Rather
Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
Dan Rather
Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
Dan Rather
I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
Dan Rather
Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
Dan Rather
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
Dan Rather
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
Dan Rather
To use tragedy to sow division is the hallmark of a despot.
Dan Rather
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".
Dan Rather
They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.
Dan Rather
I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
Dan Rather
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