Quote #25

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 friends?' And Peter said, 'Yes, we are friends because we don't see each other that often.'... And then he went on to say that we've all made each other better. ~ Tom Brokaw, former NBC anchor

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  8. He was so natural; so good live... He knew how to talk to everybody. ~ Peter Mansbridge, CBC-TV

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