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Jim Lehrer Biography

James Charles "Jim" Lehrer (/ˈlɛərər/; born May 19, 1934) is an American journalist and a novelist.

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I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties.

Blue, Like, Purple, Shirts, Ties, Wine

I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.

Asking Questions, Experts, Practice, Serve, Story

Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's just my basic view of my function as a journalist.

Function, Giving, Let, Pieces, View, Views

As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse.

Advocate, Advocating, Fact, Facts, Important, Say

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men.

Gatekeepers, Men, Mostly, White, White Man

You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off.

Cell, Cells, Person, Phone, Phones, Want

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.

Debate, Judgment, Kind, Long, Trick, Truth

I have been accused of something I'm not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored. But I've got to try and set the record straight.

Guilty, Names, Negative, Prove, Restored, Trying

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

Funny, Gaffes, Made, Stupid

I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines.

Came, Family, Marine, Marines

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.

Journalism, Judgment, Part

The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.

Death, Double, Iraq, Marine, Rate

If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.

Balls, Game, Games, Needs, Read, Story

I started as a print reporter.

Literature, Print, Reporter, Reporters

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.

People, President, Required, Skills, Thing

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

Journalism, Literature, Part, Reporting

Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12.

Clear, Contrary, Let Me, Lidocaine, Roger

My Marine experience helped shape who I am now personally and professionally, and I am grateful for that on an almost daily basis.

Basis, Grateful, Marine, Who I Am

We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.

Combat, Life Is Like, Literature, Military, Understand

The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.

Nourishment, Risk, Risks, Soul

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