Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Republican politician who was a US Senator from Oregon from 1997 to 2009. After retiring from politics he became the President of the National Association of Broadcasters.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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I do not know that there is a more certain sound than Senator Kennedy. I cannot imagine a more uncertain sound than Senator Kerry.
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I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate.
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From the American retelling of Romeo and Juliet in West Side Story to the Japanese adaptation of King Lear in Ran, Shakespeare's cultural influence is virtually limitless.
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We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.
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My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day.
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In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.
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I think I have over 60 apps on my iPhone. I use six.
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I never thought Oregon would elect to the U.S. Senate a Mormon, but it did.
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For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.
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I wish there were a healthier Republican Party in the state of Oregon.
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Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.
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Radio continues to be the very best advertising music performers have. No one who ever grabbed a Grammy got there without radio.
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A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download.
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If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.