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
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This is not what the founders intended. We want a real campaign.
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How many more men and women are you going to send to have their arms and legs blown off so that you can be tough and point at people in a kind of cowardly way?
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... You can't intimidate me. I'm not somebody you can come and just spew all your (inaudible...
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I see all those Solomons out there, I can't wait to hear your wisdom.
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When we had been married five years, we had six children. What, in God's name, was wrong with me?
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There is no democracy without dissent.
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Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?
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The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.
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To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.
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Its like threading a needle while walking on a water bed.
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December 25th has become guilt and obligation.
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Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
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I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave.
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Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.