Carolina QuotesI turned in a paper one day and she read it and she said, "David, I think you ought to be a journalist." First time that thought had ever crossed my mind.
David Brinkley
Carolinian
Source
Interview with Brian Lamb on David Brinkley: A Memoir, Booknotes, C-SPAN, December 10, 1995
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- Booknotes interview on David Brinkley: A Memoir
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- 1995
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