Theodore White
Theodore White
Theodore Harold Whitewas an American political journalist and historian, known for his wartime reporting from China and accounts of the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1980 presidential elections...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 May 1915
CountryUnited States of America
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The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else do it wrong without comment.
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Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.
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To know everything there is to know about one subject is the secret of happiness.
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It was like walking through a field playing a brass tuba the day it rained gold. Everything was sitting around waiting to be reported.
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I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories.
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He is like a good prewar house-solidly built. They don't build them that way anymore. He's also been repainted several times.
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The President's decisions make the weather, and if he is great enough, change the climate, too.
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