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Tom Brokaw quotes: There is no delete button for bigotry. There is no delete button for bigotry.
Tom Brokaw quotes: The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.
Tom Brokaw quotes: The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing. The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: There are more facts and more truths told in the first eight minutes of The Daily Show than most political news conferences in Washington. 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 quotes: Came of age in the Great Depression, when economic despair hovered over Came of age in the Great Depression, when economic despair hovered over
Tom Brokaw quotes: I don't like to play the macho card, but I grew up in a working-class family and a working-class culture. 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 quotes: There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life. There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias. Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.
Tom Brokaw quotes: A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning. A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction. I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style. Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.
Tom Brokaw quotes: If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church. If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Denial is a strong if imperfect defense. Denial is a strong if imperfect defense.
Tom Brokaw quotes: It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers ... It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers ...
Tom Brokaw quotes: Life is filled with seasons and this is a different season. Life is filled with seasons and this is a different season.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup. I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.
Tom Brokaw quotes: People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right. People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Given a long enough life, cancer will eventually kill you - unless you die first of something else. Given a long enough life, cancer will eventually kill you - unless you die first of something else.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise. When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise.
Tom Brokaw quotes: In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up.
Tom Brokaw quotes: forty years earlier. Quite forty years earlier. Quite
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France' The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I remain the luckiest guy I know. I remain the luckiest guy I know.
Tom Brokaw quotes: What I did was experiment with a little marijuana like a lot of other people and walked away ... What I did was experiment with a little marijuana like a lot of other people and walked away ...
Tom Brokaw quotes: Continuous coverage of the war in the Persian Gulf will resume in a moment. Continuous coverage of the war in the Persian Gulf will resume in a moment.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I would say that we have not completely cracked the code of the '60s. We are still finding our way through that time. 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 quotes: It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
Tom Brokaw quotes: The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there. The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now. Cable penetrates 70 percent of American audiences now.
Tom Brokaw quotes: The disquieting news of Danny Villanueva's death brought back memories of our time together at KNBC in the early 1970s. The disquieting news of Danny Villanueva's death brought back memories of our time together at KNBC in the early 1970s.
Tom Brokaw quotes: The greatest rewards of Jerry Ford's time were reserved for his fellow Americans and the nation he loved. The greatest rewards of Jerry Ford's time were reserved for his fellow Americans and the nation he loved.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever. Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever.
Tom Brokaw quotes: You will not solve global climate change by hitting the delete button. You will not solve global climate change by hitting the delete button.
Tom Brokaw quotes: It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough. It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I've lost seven friends to smoking-related lung cancer. Each death was a long, agonizing experience. I've lost seven friends to smoking-related lung cancer. Each death was a long, agonizing experience.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Votes are something that you earn. Votes are something that you earn.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished. I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.
Tom Brokaw quotes: The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we're going to die, I suppose. The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we're going to die, I suppose.
Tom Brokaw quotes: No text message will ever replace the first kiss. No text message will ever replace the first kiss.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches. Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.' I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.'
Tom Brokaw quotes: walked everywhere. He hated getting rides. walked everywhere. He hated getting rides.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high. Here is a secret that no one has told you: Real life is junior high.
Tom Brokaw quotes: You will not get a Google alert when you fall in love. You will not get a Google alert when you fall in love.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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?' 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 quotes: I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views. I always think there are people looking not so much for information as for reassurance and reaffirmation of their views.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I had four compression fractures in my spine. They were repaired, but it cost me two inches of height. I had four compression fractures in my spine. They were repaired, but it cost me two inches of height.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Broderick's unit shipped out to England as replacements for the 82nd Airborne men lost in the Normandy Broderick's unit shipped out to England as replacements for the 82nd Airborne men lost in the Normandy
Tom Brokaw quotes: I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit. I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit.
Tom Brokaw quotes: In the seasons of life, I have had more than my share of summers. In the seasons of life, I have had more than my share of summers.
Tom Brokaw quotes: You are not expected to know, but you are expected to wish to know. You are not expected to know, but you are expected to wish to know.
Tom Brokaw quotes: It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about. It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Is that cancer curable or just treatable. Is that cancer curable or just treatable.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. 1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I think it's very much a matter between Barbara Walters and ABC. I think it's very much a matter between Barbara Walters and ABC.
Tom Brokaw quotes: It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong. It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong.
Tom Brokaw quotes: Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something. Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something.
Tom Brokaw quotes: What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal of uncertainty. 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 quotes: In Gerald Ford, the man he was in public, he was also that man in private. In Gerald Ford, the man he was in public, he was also that man in private.
Tom Brokaw quotes: A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility
Tom Brokaw quotes: Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order. Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I'm a working journalist. I'm interested in all points of view, and I draw conclusions based on facts, not just on opinions. 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 quotes: The daunting task of being a mother, a wife, and an independent career or professional person is really taxing. The daunting task of being a mother, a wife, and an independent career or professional person is really taxing.
Tom Brokaw quotes: What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place. What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place.
Tom Brokaw quotes: When I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I was so struck by the universality of small towns. When I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I was so struck by the universality of small towns.
Tom Brokaw quotes: We can never completely fulfill the promise of this treasured republic if we are blinded by color. We can never completely fulfill the promise of this treasured republic if we are blinded by color.
Tom Brokaw quotes: TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract. TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.
Tom Brokaw quotes: It doesn't do any good to wire the world if we short circuit the soul. It doesn't do any good to wire the world if we short circuit the soul.
Tom Brokaw quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We don't play the celebrity business in our family. We don't play the celebrity business in our family.
Tom Brokaw quotes: His life before the triumph that defined his legacy was a reminder of the importance of patience, courage, and the absence of self-pity. 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 quotes: It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.
Tom Brokaw quotes: I've seen a lot of seasons, change in my time. It's been a very lucky life. I've seen a lot of seasons, change in my time. It's been a very lucky life.

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