Carolina QuotesAnd they sent me to the local newspaper, the Wilmington Morning Star. And I worked there and I loved it and since then, I've never done anything else.
David Brinkley
Carolinian
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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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