Quote #24

Inside that tall, handsome, elegant and eloquent exterior - inside that beat the heart of a fierce, but principled competitor... The last person you wanted to see coming on a story, particularly a big story, was Peter Jennings. : How much did I keep an eye on him? Constantly. All the time. ~ Dan Rather, former CBS anchor

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  1. He seems to me like the last, best example of a tradition that had already started to vanish long before his death - the tradition of Marth…
  2. Peter especially, I think, summarized for all of us the feelings that Dan and I have-the three of us have-when people often ask, 'Are you f…
  3. It was, in the end, the kind of blow that the calm, seasoned, assuring voice had always softened for us, always relieved of its sharp edges…
  4. No one could ad lib like Peter... You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't. ~ Barbara Walters, ABC News
  5. I'm fascinated by everything. There's just too much going on in too many places that I just daren't miss.
  6. He really did make us raise our sights. ~ Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America co-anchor
  7. I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.
  8. I didn't always agree with Peter but I deeply admired his hard work, experience and integrity. When I first made the move from print to bro…

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