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Bob Woodward Biography

Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor there.

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The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

Media, Literature, Journalism, Central, Know, Dilemma

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.

Character, Giving, Reflects, Think, Thinking

Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

Agreement, Alienation, Culture, Feels, Profound

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

Hostility, Literature, Lying, Should

Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.

Attempts, Criminals, Law, Passes, Presidential, Season

There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?

Running, Smell, People, Run, Take

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on.

Clear, Dollars, Grand, Jury, Lying, Voice

. . . Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.

Division, Military, Obama, Said, Team, Welcome

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

Biggest, Caused, Couple, Rap, Unique, Watergate

Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.

Doing Nothing, Nothing, Reaction, Reactions, Sometimes

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

Argue, Arguing, Reviews, Think, Thinking

I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump.

Anger, Disappointment, Give, People, Shake, Thinking

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

Carl, Information, Read, Tape, Transcripts, Trying

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

Business, Eradicated, People, Rumor, Take, Way

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

Bond, Government, Learn, Secret, Ties

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.

Absurd, Editor, Editors, Prizes, Stories, Would Be

I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.

Book, David, Joke, Literature, Littles, Recently

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.

999, Hard, Literature, Media, Politician, Politicians

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

Truth, Lying, Finals, System, Took

I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.

Fear, Night, Phones, Source, Telephone, Things

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