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Harry Reasoner
American
Journalist
About the author
We're all controlled neurotics.
Harry Reasoner,
American
Journalist
When 25 percent of the population believe the President should be impeached and 51 percent of the population believe in UFOs, you may or may not need a new President, but you definitely need a new population.
Harry Reasoner,
American
Journalist
#May
#President
#Population
If you're a good journalist, what you do is live a lot of things vicariously, and report them for other people who want to live vicariously.
Harry Reasoner,
American
Journalist
#Want
#People
Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie.
Harry Reasoner,
American
Journalist
#Baseball
#Mom
#Statistics
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
Harry Reasoner,
American
Journalist
#People
#World
#Profession
#Journalism
The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly.
Harry Reasoner,
American
Journalist
#Will
#Nature
#Events
#Airplanes