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Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it. Bob Edwards
Work You Money Organization Will Go Away Think Please Constantly Outfit About Dry Go Beg Up Any Listeners Away
I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much. Bob Edwards
Love Enjoy Excited Most Talking Still Very Microphone Listeners Being Much Element Basic
If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes. Bob Edwards
You Jokes Do-It-Yourself Yourself People Own Laugh Most Well Done Want Anything Why
People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there. Bob Edwards
Man People Ability Admit He Ready Always Gets After
Good things just keep happening. Bob Edwards
Good Good Things Just Happening Keep Things
The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will show up because the competition is likely to be not late and not sloppy. Bob Greene
Service Competition Will Late Sloppy Constantly Wire Know Likely Because Tested Up Reporters Being Story Show Professionalism
The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters. Bob Greene
Work Service World Wire Journalism Performed Reporters
It's getting the right person that's the challenge. Bob Schieffer
Right Person Challenge Person Getting Right
Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened. Bob Schieffer
People Think Those Lieutenant Had He Along Been Reporter Happened Vietnam
Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed. Bob Schieffer
Changed Boss He Obviously Makes Commander His Report Get Reporter Legitimate Story Decisions Certain Appeal Right Thinks
I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you. Bob Schieffer
You Job Think Other Journalism Come Any Where
We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different. Bob Schieffer
News People Internet Job Seen Assume Our Bit Cable Know Makes Heard Different Turn Turn-On Companies Radio Evening Evening News Now Basically
It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean. Bob Schieffer
Day Perspective Add Some Put Longer Headlines Context Trying Reporting Just Mean
In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves. Bob Schieffer
You People Other Relations Layers Through Beats Days Go Get Public Themselves Public Relations Many
We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise. Bob Schieffer
Enterprise Perfect Human Far
One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy? Bob Schieffer
People Mind Young Enjoy One Thing Something Always Want Deciding Interested Young People Fun Keep Lives Thing
They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary. Bob Schieffer
Life Me Temporarily Temporary Know Asked Means
I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera. Bob Schieffer
People Try Like Talk Camera Normal Normal People Just Want Stand Bark
I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days. Bob Schieffer
Life Me Thought My Life Everybody Those Television All My Life Would Had Knew Days Because Up Reporter Newspaper Newspaper Reporter Much Who Grow Grow Up
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. Bob Schieffer
Politics People Free Somewhere Way Over Along Sport Amateur Handed American American Politics Used Professionals Things
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. Bob Schieffer
War Time Group Changes Our Relative Unless Our Lives One Percent About Percent Small Small Group Had Part New Most Were Iraq Iraq War Families New Taxes Taxes Us Who Usual Fought Lives Draft
I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun. Bob Schieffer
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The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves. Bob Schieffer
Best You Congress Interviews Face-To-Face About Where Interaction Place Themselves Thing Last
If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good. Bob Schieffer
Good You Tough Looking Give Come Answer Question Off Get Asked Really
If China were to explode, I'd want to be there in a flash. If there's a big story, I want to be there. Bob Simon
Big Were Big Story Flash Want Story China Explode
I was in Italy in 1992 working on magazine articles when I got a call from the Italian travel commission. They asked, would I mind being an escort for an older woman? I told them I don't do that kind of work, but then they said it was Julia Child, and I said I'd be right there. Bob Spitz
Work Travel Woman Mind Older Kind Would Magazine Call Said Got Italian Julia Italy Articles Child Escort Commission Being Them Then Asked Working Older Woman Right
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