If youre a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.
Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it - David Halberstam
Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it
- David Halberstam
Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be. - David Halberstam
Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.
Physically, rowing was remarkable resistant to the camera... the camera liked power exhibited more openly, and the power of the oarsmen [is] exhibite… - David Halberstam
Physically, rowing was remarkable resistant to the camera... the camera liked power exhibited more openly, and the power of the oarsmen [is] exhibite…
The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable. - David Halberstam
The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.
One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less popular yo… - David Halberstam
One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less popular yo…
During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physicall… - David Halberstam
During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physicall…
If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past. - David Halberstam
If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past.
QUESTION: Do you know what the greatest test is? ANSWER:Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning? - David Halberstam
QUESTION: Do you know what the greatest test is? ANSWER:Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?
I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people. - David Halberstam
I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people.
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