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There is no delete button for bigotry. — Tom Brokaw

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. — Tom Brokaw

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing. — Tom Brokaw

My family is not only attractive - I can say that because I'm paterfamilias - but they're really smart, and they're very, very compassionate. — Tom Brokaw

There are more facts and more truths told in the first eight minutes of The Daily Show than most political news conferences in Washington. — Tom Brokaw

Came of age in the Great Depression, when economic despair hovered over — Tom Brokaw

I don't like to play the macho card, but I grew up in a working-class family and a working-class culture. — Tom Brokaw

There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life. — Tom Brokaw

Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias. — Tom Brokaw

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning. — Tom Brokaw

I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction. — Tom Brokaw

People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad news. — Tom Brokaw

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style. — Tom Brokaw

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church. — Tom Brokaw

In Los Angeles, I had the good fortune of anchoring the news right before Johnny Carson came on, so to see him, the Hollywood stars watched me first. — Tom Brokaw

Denial is a strong if imperfect defense. — Tom Brokaw

It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers ... — Tom Brokaw

Life is filled with seasons and this is a different season. — Tom Brokaw

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup. — Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw was never young. — Adam McKay

People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right. — Tom Brokaw

Cancer has given me a dose of humility. I'm much more empathetic. It's a club I would rather not have joined, but it is a club. — Tom Brokaw

Seventy-six for an American male was a number on an actuarial chart that includes men who are obese, smokers and inheritors of deadly family genes. — Tom Brokaw

In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. — Tom Brokaw

Given a long enough life, cancer will eventually kill you - unless you die first of something else. — Tom Brokaw

I started writing a journal, and I was learning so much along the way. How to deal with your family, how to deal with your friends. — Tom Brokaw

When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise. — Tom Brokaw

In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. — Tom Brokaw

One of the nicest things about NBC is that Tom Brokaw is not Dan Rather. — Michael Gartner

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down. — Tom Brokaw

The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France' — Tom Brokaw

One of the advantages of being a national journalist of some recognition is that you come across high-profile people, and many become your friends. — Tom Brokaw

I remain the luckiest guy I know. — Tom Brokaw

No text message will ever replace the first kiss. — Tom Brokaw

What I did was experiment with a little marijuana like a lot of other people and walked away ... — Tom Brokaw

Continuous coverage of the war in the Persian Gulf will resume in a moment. — Tom Brokaw

I'm the father of three daughters, and they're all highly trained professionals. Two of them are mothers, and the other one wants to be at some point. — Tom Brokaw

I would say that we have not completely cracked the code of the '60s. We are still finding our way through that time. — Tom Brokaw

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. — Tom Brokaw

The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there. — Tom Brokaw

Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now. — Tom Brokaw

The disquieting news of Danny Villanueva's death brought back memories of our time together at KNBC in the early 1970s. — Tom Brokaw

The greatest rewards of Jerry Ford's time were reserved for his fellow Americans and the nation he loved. — Tom Brokaw

Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever. — Tom Brokaw

You will not solve global climate change by hitting the delete button. — Tom Brokaw

It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough. — Tom Brokaw

Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come. — Tom Brokaw

I've lost seven friends to smoking-related lung cancer. Each death was a long, agonizing experience. — Tom Brokaw

Votes are something that you earn. — Tom Brokaw

I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished. — Tom Brokaw

The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we're going to die, I suppose. — Tom Brokaw

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There on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness. — Tom Brokaw

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. — Tom Brokaw

Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches. — Tom Brokaw

I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.' — Tom Brokaw

walked everywhere. He hated getting rides. — Tom Brokaw

I've adopted the guideline of Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, who says I wanna know where I'll be when I die - so I never go there. — Tom Brokaw

Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high. — Tom Brokaw

You will not get a Google alert when you fall in love. — Tom Brokaw

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?' — Tom Brokaw

I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views. — Tom Brokaw

I had four compression fractures in my spine. They were repaired, but it cost me two inches of height. — Tom Brokaw

One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country. — Tom Brokaw

In our family, where we began with no money, we like to say that we have discovered that God invented money so those who have it can help others. — Tom Brokaw

Broderick's unit shipped out to England as replacements for the 82nd Airborne men lost in the Normandy — Tom Brokaw

I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit. — Tom Brokaw

In the seasons of life, I have had more than my share of summers. — Tom Brokaw

You are not expected to know, but you are expected to wish to know. — Tom Brokaw

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about. — Tom Brokaw

Is that cancer curable or just treatable. — Tom Brokaw

1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. — Tom Brokaw

I had gone to all the big stories of the '80s, which was one of the most fertile times in American journalism, around the world and here as well. — Tom Brokaw

I think it's very much a matter between Barbara Walters and ABC. — Tom Brokaw

It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong. — Tom Brokaw

Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something. — Tom Brokaw

What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal of uncertainty. — Tom Brokaw

In Gerald Ford, the man he was in public, he was also that man in private. — Tom Brokaw

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility — Tom Brokaw

Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order. — Tom Brokaw

I'm a working journalist. I'm interested in all points of view, and I draw conclusions based on facts, not just on opinions. — Tom Brokaw

The daunting task of being a mother, a wife, and an independent career or professional person is really taxing. — Tom Brokaw

What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place. — Tom Brokaw

When I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I was so struck by the universality of small towns. — Tom Brokaw

We can never completely fulfill the promise of this treasured republic if we are blinded by color. — Tom Brokaw

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract. — Tom Brokaw

It doesn't do any good to wire the world if we short circuit the soul. — Tom Brokaw

I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9. — Tom Brokaw

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage. — Tom Brokaw

We don't play the celebrity business in our family. — Tom Brokaw

His life before the triumph that defined his legacy was a reminder of the importance of patience, courage, and the absence of self-pity. — Tom Brokaw

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. — Tom Brokaw

I've seen a lot of seasons, change in my time. It's been a very lucky life. — Tom Brokaw