Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CMwas a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth29 July 1938
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
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It's sort of, how do you measure it? Do you measure the fact that I'm 20 years older? No. I think I measure it by the events. You know, I came just as the Cold War was coming to an end.
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I'm deeply offended by how little Americans know about their country.
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No. I write down thoughts as they occur to me. You never know when you're going to need a good idea.
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It was a dreadful mistake, a foolish experiment,
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The worse things got around me the cooler I tend to be, ... I tend to focus very hard under pressure.
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Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to play for you the Duke Ellington classic 'Take the Train' eh?
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Seems like yesterday; seems like forever -- all at the same time.
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She has made almost no statement at all, kept his funeral strictly private, and keeps her own dignified council.
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I have a lot to learn from them, and 'living' is the key word.
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I can't imagine that we would do anything radical about our coverage in the immediate future. The story has a whole new dimension with this measure of sovereignty, which is going to make this a really interesting story between now and the election.
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George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.
humor life
Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.
believes clinton public quite strongly
Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.
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Almost 10 million Americans are living with cancer. I am sure I will learn from them how to cope with the facts of life that none of us anticipated,