Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue
Phillip John "Phil" Donahueis an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, also known as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television in America that began in Dayton, Ohio, and ended in New York City in 1996...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth21 December 1935
CityCleveland, OH
reality important looks
In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.
media scare population
I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.
mother bears difficult
I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.
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Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.
guilt december obligation
December 25th has become guilt and obligation.
ideas praise lord
Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.
belief tomorrow disappear
What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.
cheating men recognition
Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.
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The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.
uprising doubt rebellion
I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.
news journalist good-news
To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.
pressure shut-up under-pressure
Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing.
war world remember
I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.
justice three lasts
I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi.