Peter Jennings Quotes
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I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.
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A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.
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There's no such thing as an independent person.
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There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!
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I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.
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The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.
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I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
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I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.
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I don't think the public realizes how much soul-searching goes on in news organizations about what is the right thing to do.
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I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.
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Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.
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I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.
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I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.
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I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.
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I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.
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Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.
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I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
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We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.
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I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.
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As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.
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The truth of the matter is - and I'm always a bit reluctant to say this because people think you're a bit unfeeling. The truth of this, on 9/11, people who - myself and others - were so unbelievably focused on what was happening that we were, for many, many hours, I think, spared the agony of loss.
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I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.
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Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.
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George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.