Larry Speakes Quotes
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Rules for a White House Spokesman: No. 1 is always tell the truth. I've got only one currency, that's the truth. There are 10,000 ways to say "no comment," and I've used 9,999 of them. The second rule is don't be afraid to say, "I don't know." You may look dumb, but if you don't know you can't give them hot air because it always shows on your face.
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Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.
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Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.
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If you tell the same story five times, it's true.
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You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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Ol' Shoot from the Lip," we call him.
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Larry Speakes
- Born: September 13, 1939
- Died: January 10, 2014
- Occupation: Former White House Press Secretary
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