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I've got whole years of unfortunate clothing in '80s. — Patrick Wilson

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere. — Ben Bradlee

Cherchez la femme" is good advice for investigative reporters. "Follow the money" is even better advice. — Ben Bradlee

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there. — Ben Bradlee

You never monkey with the truth. — Ben Bradlee

In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it. — Rudolf Steiner

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.. — Ben Bradlee

We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. — Ben Bradlee

In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world." — Ben Bradlee

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth. — Ben Bradlee

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, — Ben Bradlee

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers. — Amy Ryan

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. — Albert Einstein

Generals who can write always make me nervous. — Ben Bradlee

News is the first draft of history. — Ben Bradlee

I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit. — Ben Bradlee

If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with that. — Matt Damon

The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood. — Ben Bradlee

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. — Emile M. Cioran

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. — Ben Bradlee

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world! — Ben Bradlee

If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry.
"That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya — George R R Martin

We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right. — Ben Bradlee

Our best today; better tomorrow, — Ben Bradlee

I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems. — Ben Bradlee

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back. — Alfred De Musset

If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism. — Ben Bradlee

Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is. — Ben Bradlee

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast. — Ben Bradlee

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on. — Ben Bradlee

The first rough draft of history. — Ben Bradlee

It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong. — Ben Bradlee

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all. — Ben Bradlee

They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum. — Ben Bradlee

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. — Ben Bradlee

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom. — Ben Bradlee