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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Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.
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I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
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Scholars will argue with each other about everything.
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It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.
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The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.
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Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'..
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Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.
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Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.
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There's a whole industry of conservatives saying, 'Ah, it's those damn liberals,' and a whole group of liberals saying, 'It's all those damn conservatives.'...
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I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.
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Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.
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We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.
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I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.
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Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.