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Sam Donaldson Biography

Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr. (born March 11, 1934) is a former American reporter and news anchor, serving with ABC News from 1967 to 2013. He is best known as the network's White House Correspondent (1977–89 and 1998–99) and as a panelist and later co-anchor of the network's Sunday program, This Week.

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It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.

70S, Late, People

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

Ahead, College, Department, People, Suppose, Thinking

The press. . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.

Authority, Establishment, Press, Sides, Traditionally

And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.

Cities, Course, Days, Night, Texas

If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again.

Overcoming, Sticks, Wells, Happen, Setback

I saw a large, red dried swath that I immediately identified clearly as blood. I covered the war in Vietnam. I saw a lot of it [blood] there.

Blood, Red, Vietnam, War

Let's face it: Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there - they oppose him not for his polices and political view but for who he is, an African American!

American, Believe, Polices, Political, Views

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

Ham, Littles, People, Say

The President's very shrewd

Stupid, Humorous, President, Shrewd

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.

Mistake, Years, President, Heard, Washington

But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news. We'd not had a radio up to that time. I was born in 1934, so I was seven years of age.

1934, Bought, Listened, Mother, War, Years

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 didn't quite know what I wanted to do.

Ambition, Kids, Like, Raise, Thought, Want

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

Good, Inspirational, Job, Jobs, Likes

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.

Awful, Bed, Daily, Home, Thinking, Victory And Defeat

I didn't 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.

Age, East, Listened, Watched, Years

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

Born, Farm, Hospitality, Nearest, Paso, Texas

It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.

Exciting, Kind, Radio

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

Military, Mother, Program, Running

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

Congratulations, Hard Work, Know, Start, Success, Work

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

Fit, Military, School, Suit, Suits You

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