Bob Schieffer

I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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Any time you get into a presidential campaign and the stakes are so high, all candidates - they want to be in complete control whenever they can. And you can't blame them for that. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

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