Carolina QuotesThis reporter’s beliefs are in a state of flux. It would be easier to enumerate the items I do not believe in, than the other way around. And yet in talking to people, in listening to them, I have come to realize that I don’t have a monopoly on the world’s problems. Others have their share, often far bigger than mine. This has helped me to see my own in truer perspective: and in learning how others have faced their problems — this has given me fresh ideas about how to tackle mine.
Edward R. Murrow Carolinian
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- This I Believe (1951)
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- 1951
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“This reporter’s beliefs are in a state of flux. It would be …” Edward R. Murrow. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C08A3B3C7C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c08a3b3c7c
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