Dan Rather Quotes

Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art

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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.

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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.

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I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.

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If frogs had side pockets, they'd carry hand guns.

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I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to look at distance traveled.

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An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

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The dream begins, most of the time,with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth

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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

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