"I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it."
-Peter Jennings
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"I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people."
-Peter Jennings
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"I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist."
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"Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own."
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"I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire."
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"Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous."
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"The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other."
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"On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity."
-Mark Udall
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"The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something."
-Eric Sevareid
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"We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal."
-Richard Dreyfuss
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"First, take the government of the Indians out of politics second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites third, give the Indian the ballot."
-George Crook
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"Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one."
-Gary Ackerman
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