Larry Speakes

Professions :

Former White House Press Secretary

Born :

September 13, 1939

Died :

January 10, 2014

If you tell the same story five times, it's true. by Larry Speakes

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... by Larry Speakes

You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.

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Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know wha... by Larry Speakes

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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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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Ol' Shoot from the Lip," we call him. by Larry Speakes

Ol' Shoot from the Lip," we call him.

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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest. by Larry Speakes

I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

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