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Dan Rather
American
Journalist
About the author
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Race
Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Public
#Government
#Opinion
#Public opinion
Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Direction
Only votes talk, everything else walks.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Talk
Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Business
They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#May
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Will
#Americans
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Games
#Country
#Weather
#Opinion
To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Computer
What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Journey
#Difficulties
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth".
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Dream
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Dance
#Democrats
I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Now
#Order
#Events
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Life
#Wishes
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Being
#Courage
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Democracy
#Americans
#Capitalism
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Fear
#Country
#Rules
For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Years
#Hurt
#Criticism
I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist
#Pressure
I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
Dan Rather,
American
Journalist