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- Nov 07, 2020
All I'm armed with is research.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
To go around the world, to talk to almost anybody you want to talk to, to have enough time on the air, so that you could really tell a full story. What a voyage of discovery it was.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to work when I was a young fellow and I loved what I did. And I just kept working. And when I decided that maybe the time had come for me to quit, I got depressed. What could I do if I didn't work?
- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, what I really wanted to be was a radio announcer.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did what I felt that I wanted to do. Fairly selfishly. I didn't know my kids as well as I should have.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.
- Combative
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- Nov 07, 2020
In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.
- Neighborhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jack Kennedy was one year older than I was, and we attended the same neighborhood school.
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
You want to put a man at ease.
- Hang
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let the answer hang there for two or three or four seconds.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn't about 'me,' it was about 'us.'
- Period
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never was the story. The story was the story. Period.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020