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26 quotes by Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw Brokaw with his Peabody Award, May 2014 Born Thomas John Brokaw (1940-02-06) February 6, 1940 (age 75) Webster, South Dakota, U.S. Education University of South Dakota Occupation Television journalist, author Years active 1966–present Notable credit(s) Today co-anchor (1976–1981) NBC Nightly News anchor (1982–2004) NBC News Special Correspondent (2004–present) Meet the Press moderator (2008) Spouse(s) Meredith Lynn Auld...
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You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an... →

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

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

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

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If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

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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.

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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.

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I think people of my generation became journalists - you know, right after the broadcast pioneer fathers - because we wanted to report the big... →

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I was unknown because I came to Washington from the West. I started covering Watergate. Immodestly, I'd say I did it pretty well, in part because... →

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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.

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What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind of political jihad against Dan Rather and CBS News that's... →

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

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

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