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Certainly no man could be such an irredeemable 'schlub' as the American press portrays its losers.

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This book-promotion stuff is like a political campaign. You work your butt off, and at the end of the day, you can't tell if it's made a damned bit of difference.

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I'm just an old storyteller, and I always wanted to know, what the hell were these candidates really like?

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We're still in the ditch, and the Gennifer Flowers story about Bill Clinton says it all. A tabloid fired several bullets into the air, and the rest of the herd began to stampede.

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I used to think that the image of the press in the 1940s - a bunch of guys in hats screaming on the courthouse steps - was all baloney. I used to say, 'I know reporters. We're not like that.' But we are.

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We strove for more than 60 years to give Joe DiMaggio the hero's life. From his debut at Yankee Stadium in 1936 until his death in 1999, DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.

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People feel overloaded, that politics has become kind of a public utility: hot- and cold-running politics any time of the day or night.

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The whole point of Israel was to create a place where Jews could live the best life - and liveliest - in accordance with their values.

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Losing the presidency is not like losing any other office. More than any other office, it's a vote about you as a whole human being.

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After the presidency, there's nowhere else to go in politics.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: June 12th, 1950

Died: January 7th, 2013

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