Roone Arledge Quotes

• You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave something behind.

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  Leadership, Sports, Meaningful

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• A la gente le gustan más las noticias locales que las de las cadenas.

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  People, News, Locals

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• I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?

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  Mean Girls, Thinking, Doe

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• But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.

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  People, Boxing, News

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• In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

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  People, Facts, Tvs

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• I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.

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  Eye, Thinking, Television

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• One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?

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  Fighting, Son, People

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• Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.

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  Powerful, Play, Hands

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• No creo que la gente se dé cuenta de hasta qué punto las cadenas de televisión se ven perjudicadas cuando emiten programas públicos. Creo que se calcula que pierden medio millón de dólares por medio día de programación.

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  Herir, Pensar, Personas

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• One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.

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  Years, People, Tvs

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• In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now.

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  Real, Past, Effort

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• I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.

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  Luchar, Ganar, Pensar

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• But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me.

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  Organization, People, Creative

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• I think we have erred on the side of being too conservative so far, to tell you the truth.

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  Thinking, Two Sides, Sides

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• I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.

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  Stars, Sensitive, Hard

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• La opinión generalizada es que si las tres cadenas cubren las noticias de la misma manera, la diferencia estriba en los presentadores. Creo que eso no será cierto en el futuro.

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  Thinking, Anchors, Differences

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• Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly.

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  Aggravation, Care, Congress

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• I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.

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  Air, Games, Goes On

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• People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.

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  People, Care, Diplomats

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• I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I.

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  Mentir, Pasado, Pensar

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• Every person working in sports journalism today owes a tremendous debt to Howard Cosell. His greatest contribution was elevating sports reporting out of daily play-by-play and placing it in the larger context of society.

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  Sports, Play, Debt

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