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"I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television."
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"Church leaders may get disappointed in ministry if they do not know God's time."

"Don't be in a hurry in life. The sacred-time determines the due events."

"Nurture a tree today, and it will provide you fruit tomorrow."

"Sometimes it is best to stand back from conflict and allow other elements in someone's life to do the hard work for you."

"It is not a vice or a show of weakness when you live by the principle of delay gratification."

"Walking to success is better than sprinting to failure."

"If a train is two minutes late in leaving, one will become impatient, 'when will the train leave, when will it leave?' This world is not worth getting impatient restless about."
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"It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system."

"I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates."

"Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something."

"I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch."

"Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post."

"I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner."

"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."

"There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?"

"Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected."
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