"Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories."

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Source : "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

Jim Lehrer

#Years Quotes #Stories Quotes #Gray Quotes

“In the case of Ohliger, I also sucked blood from the wound on her temple, and from Scheer from the stab in the neck. From the girl Schulte I only licked the blood from her hands. It was the same with the swan in the Hofgarten. I used to stroll at night through the Hofgarten very often, and in the spring of 1930 I noticed a swan sleeping at the edge of the lake. I cut its throat. The blood spurted up and I drank from the stump and ejaculated.”
“Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him. I was at university at the same time as him. I think in the sixties, like all the Royals, he really had very little impact on my life at all and he seemed, if anything a lot older in his attitudes.”
“Life is but a series of misunderstandings.”
“I consider all my films experiments.”
“Oral history interviews allow us to document and chronicle people's stories; stories that might otherwise not be included in the historical record.”
“We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.”
“There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.”
“I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are pretty stiff, pretty rehearsed.”

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