Walter Cronkite Quotes
I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.
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I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.
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To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
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I'm a wonderful editor. That's what I do best. I know exactly what I want. If I have to decide whether to wear the red dress or the blue dress or what should I have said, I am constantly changing my mind.
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Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.
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I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.
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We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.
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As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
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I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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I am an independent, strong-willed, free, and unfettered individual who lets his wife decide for him what he wants to eat.
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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
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I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
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But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
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I am very blessed.
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I don't know if we tell women great news about themselves enough. You'd be surprised how often a young woman doesn't hear positive things about herself - not in her home, not at school. It's hard to create a beautiful image for yourself when you've never seen it or heard it.
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But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.
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Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.
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I wish anyone in this world could go to his fridge and pick whatever he wants. Because the day you open your fridge and there is nothing in it, it is difficult.
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I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.
