Morley Safer

(15 votes)   The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

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(9 votes)   After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.

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(9 votes)   Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

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(9 votes)   What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

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(7 votes)   When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that.

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(6 votes)   We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit.

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(6 votes)   Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

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(18 votes)   I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

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(11 votes)   The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

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(11 votes)   What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?

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(11 votes)   Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.

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(10 votes)   I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.

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(9 votes)   I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.

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(9 votes)   It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.

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(9 votes)   Killing is the payoff of war.

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