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Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation.
Here is a guy who's had a stake driven through his heart. I mean, really nailed to the bottom of the coffin with a wooden stake, and a silver bullet through the forehead for good measure-and yet he keeps coming back.
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen unt... (more Ted Koppel quotes)
His father Edwin owned a tire factory and his mother Alice was a singer and pianist.
He is 5'4."
Ted is an old friend of Henry Kissinger. Kissinger has approached Ted and asked him to be his spokesman, but Ted declined.
He is multi-lingual, and can speak German, Russian, and French, in addition to English.
Ted does great impressions. One of his best is William F. Buckley, but he rarely does impressions in public or on television.... (more Ted Koppel trivia)