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What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it. (Morley Safer)
The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis. View quote
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You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times. View quote
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Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio. View quote
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What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? View quote
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Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. View quote
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It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak. View quote
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The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed. View quote
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A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of stories we have done about them or their products or their friend's products or whatever. View quote
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I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs. View quote
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Killing is the payoff of war. (Morley Safer)
I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years. View quote
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I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere. View quote
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In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country. View quote
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The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton. View quote
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We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit. View quote
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Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened. View quote
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Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express. View quote
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You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that. View quote
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Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. View quote
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I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life. (Morley Safer)
After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really. View quote
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Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep. View quote
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When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that. View quote
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Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. View quote
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Morley Safer

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Occupation: Canadian Journalist
Born: November 8, 1931
Died: May 19, 2016
Quotes count: 32