Jim Lehrer Quotes
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I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines.
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The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.
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No two people see things the same way.
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On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there.
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If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.
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I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.
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As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.
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I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.
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There are very few really stark black and white stories.
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A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.
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I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.
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There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare.
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Everyone should get their news however they want to and in whatever form they want. I'm not going to sit back in judgment of other people and the way they do it.
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I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.
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My own view, there is a need for and a demonstrated need for more journalism now than there ever has been.
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I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.
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Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.
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If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.
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In television there are only about 12 people who do what I do.
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Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.
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My conscience is clear.
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I'm in the reporting part of journalism.
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If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.
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Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.