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Charles Kuralt
American Journalist
Born: Sep 10, 1934
Died: Jul 4, 1997
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Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students. Charles Kuralt
Teacher Best Good Out Good Teachers Students Know How Teachers Bring
There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority. Charles Kuralt
People Wonderful Greed Other Superiority Hostility Delusions Toward Doing Motive Lot Quietly Wonderful Things Who Things
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines. Charles Kuralt
Kindness Travel Greed Everyday Back More Roads Headlines Makes Up Than Acts
It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals. Charles Kuralt
People Country Politicians Once Criminals Besides Entertainers Does Flames Just Acknowledge While Whole Harm
When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough. Charles Kuralt
Teacher Wise Honor Will Become Pay Community Society Enough Put Mature Where Center Them Really Teachers Grown-Up Belong
A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me. Charles Kuralt
Education Me People Moon Country Rich Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Citizens Thousands Troubling Read Terribly Still Send To The Moon Who
Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find. Charles Kuralt
Life Joy Easy Find Look Always Your
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading. Charles Kuralt
Good Communication Writing Reading Believe Think Good Writing Derivative
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. Charles Kuralt
You Country Burger Stars Society Way Find Joints Across Your Uses Navigator Using
For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy. Charles Kuralt
You Together Old Pay Habit Had Written Column Printed While Cents Your Measure Inch Inches Expression Copy
There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched. Charles Kuralt
National Touched Such A Thing Conscience Thing
I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society. Charles Kuralt
Life Work You World Better Society Changed Say Real Anybody Want Real Work Ever
I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep. Charles Kuralt
Better Lost Think Pressed More Had Been Done Quite Little Much Hard Sleep
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling. Charles Kuralt
Time Remember Idea Know Calling Got Reporter Where Want Romantic
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it. Charles Kuralt
Love Good You Language Imitate Imitating Tell Exactly Could Writer Am Falling Falling In Love Trying Which Rhythms Plagiarism
I didn't like the competitiveness of big-time journalism. Charles Kuralt
Journalism Like Competitiveness
I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong. Charles Kuralt
People Important Society Everything Philosophy About Wrong Journalism Like Know Ultimately Goes Any
I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society. Charles Kuralt
Life Eyes Mother Father Society Saw Kids Insight Through Had Most Schoolteacher His Little Social Worker
In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality. Charles Kuralt
Light Field Gone Speed Everything Television Immortality Anybody Literally
It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself. Charles Kuralt
Myself Freedom Never Had Were Years America Wander So Much Fun Wanted Stories Much Fun Assignment Assignments
Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter. Charles Kuralt
Saying You Kids Fireman Instead Policeman Answer Said Always Up Reporter Going Asked Grow Grow Up Needed
The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way. Charles Kuralt
Life Book My Life First Single Think Changed Books Way About Were Any Interested Baseball
When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me. Charles Kuralt
News Me Important Would Angeles Something More Los Los Angeles Covering Off Very Often Woods Happen Which Interesting Worked Unimportant Hard

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