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There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.

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Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

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While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.

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Maybe you are the 'cool' generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.

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We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.

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The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

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If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

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Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

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Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

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The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: June 17th, 1919

Died: November 8th, 1988

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