Carolina QuotesWe are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks — that's show business.
Edward R. Murrow Carolinian
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As quoted by Bill Moyers CBS TV (10 September 1986)
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- 1986
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“We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks — that'…” Edward R. Murrow. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C13D4658ED. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c13d4658ed
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