Tom Brokaw Quotes - Page 2

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• Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all.

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  Buddhist, Needs, Earth

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• Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

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  Graduation, Thinking, Tickets

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• There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]

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  Military, Heart, Airplane

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• Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.

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  Strong, Thoughtful, Innocent Person

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• I remain the luckiest guy I know.

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  Guy, Knows

  "Tom Brokaw reveals cancer diagnosis; doctors are 'optimistic'" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2014.

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• I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.

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  Inspirational, Thinking, World

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• There are more facts and more truths told in the first eight minutes of The Daily Show than most political news conferences in Washington.

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  Truth, Eight, Political

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

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  Believe, Glowing, Generations

  "Brokaw shares the stories of a generation of heroes". www.cnn.com. January 20, 1999.

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• Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.

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  Style, Three, Timeless

  "ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67". www.today.com. August 8, 2005.

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• Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.

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  Real, Thinking, Names

  "New Again: Tom Brokaw". Interview with Gale Lopez, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 20, 2015.

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• People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad news.

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  Thinking, Idols, People

  "New Again: Tom Brokaw". Interview with Gale Lopez, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 20, 2015.

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• I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.

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  Anchorman, Home, Cups

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• David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

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  Country, Icons, Tragedy

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• Bob Hope was an entertainment colossus, shrewd and influential well beyond show business. Richard Zoglin's biography captures it all--the public and private Hope.

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  Bob, Biographies, Entertainment

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• What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind of political jihad against Dan Rather and CBS News that's quite outrageous.

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  Thinking, Political, News

  "Reliable Sources" with Howard Kurtz, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2004.

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• It will do us little good to wire the world if we limit our vision. It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circuit our souls.

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  Soul, Vision, Wire

  Emory University Commencement Address, delivered 16 May 2005

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• One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country.

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  Country, Iraq, Want

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• The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'

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  Iraq, France, Firsts

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• TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

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  Fake People, Fickle, Television

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• Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever.

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  Forever, Brotherhood, Peter

  "Katrina Victims Remembered at Emmys; NFL Hosts Telethon During Saints Game". "Showbiz Tonight", edition.cnn.com. September 19, 2005.

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• The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation.

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  Epic, Cities, America

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• The Fall of the House of Zeus is a riveting American saga of ambition, cunning, greed, corruption, high life and low life in the land of Faulkner and Grisham. These are good ol' boys gone bad with flair, private jets, and lots of cash to carry. Curtis Wilkie, a child of the South and a reporter's reporter, is the perfect match for this wild ride.

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  Children, Fall, Ambition

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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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  Heartbroken, Guy, Old Friends

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

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  Book, Generations, Greatest Generation

  "Tom Brokaw signs on for two more books". www.today.com. January 31, 2005.

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• Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now.

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  Audience, Penetrate, Percent

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