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Sam Donaldson Quotes
And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you cant just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that its much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
And on election night Id go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didnt have exit polls. You didnt know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mothers push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think thats one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
At the end of that year I was promoted to sergeant. Only five or six of us got promoted to sergeant for our final year in high school. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
But I guess the lesson is this: If you dont have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you cant expect anyone else to. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
But a distinctive voice is important. I dont think I realized this as a young kid, but I do remember listening to those voices. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didnt quite know what I wanted to do. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news. Wed not had a radio up to that time. I was born in 1934, so I was seven years of age. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, youve got to give 110 percent. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
I cant tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. Its a mystery, but it does happen. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
I didnt come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I read magazines, I listened to radio, I watched television. I knew there was something out there, and I wanted a part of it. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
I dont know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, theyve got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
I knew early on that the news business was right for me. I enjoyed it, it was fun. If I thought it was work, I might not have done it. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
Id rather work with someone whos good at their job but doesnt like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
If you have a setback, and youre not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
It wasnt until the late 70s that a lot of people knew me. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
My mother gave me a push. If I hadnt had her, maybe I wouldnt have had the push. If I hadnt gone to military school, maybe I wouldnt have decided to get with the program. Maybe Id be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
Some days the competition would beat me and Id go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when youre working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
The questions dont do the damage. Only the answers do. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasnt because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
There was a little bit of ham in me. And theres a lot of people say theres a lot of ham in me. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
Whereas at ABC I was anchoring some of their programs, some of their specials, immediately, because there wasnt that much competition. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever. - Sam Donaldson Quotes
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