The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth.'
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Dan Rather, (Oct 31 1931-____), US news anchorman; He has been the anchor for The CBS Evening News since 1981; co-editor of Sixty Minutes and host of 48 hours.