Anchorwoman
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“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.”
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“For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.”
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“A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.”
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“I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.”
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“In real life, events seem much less dramatic.”
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“Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.”
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“A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.”
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“Men still control the news, both on and off camera.”
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“The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.”
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“To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.”
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“I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.”
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“In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.”
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“News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.”
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“I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.”
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“It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.”
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“News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.”
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“Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.”
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“Television is intensely personal.”
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“Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.”
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“The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.”
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“When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.”
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“You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.”
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“Being a novelty had its advantages.”
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“By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.”
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“How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.”
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“I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.”
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“Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.”
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“My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.”
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“My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.”
“My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.”
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“Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.”
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“Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.”
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“The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.”
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