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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." — David Brinkley
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"The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were" — David Brinkley
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"Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important." — David Brinkley
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American Journalist    People   

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"Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it." — David Brinkley
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"Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty." — David Brinkley
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"He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano." — David Brinkley
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"If I were objective or if you were objective or if anyone was, he would have to be put away somewhere in an institution because he'd be some sort of vegetable." — David Brinkley
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"People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening." — David Brinkley
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American Journalist    Illusion   

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"They use [how much] money they've spent as a measure of success because there's very little else to measure." — David Brinkley
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"The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it." — David Brinkley
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"That's what I like to do. That's the only thing I'm any good at, ... Larry King Live." — David Brinkley
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"After a long day election day, and seven hours on the set, what I said at the end of election night coverage was both impolite and unfair, and I'm sorry. I regret it." — David Brinkley
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"I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system" — David Brinkley
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"I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system." — David Brinkley
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"The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were." — David Brinkley
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"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it." — David Brinkley
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"Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it." — David Brinkley
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"Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians." — David Brinkley
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