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Journalism Quotes by Charles Kuralt

10 Journalism quotes by Charles Kuralt

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When you want a short, heartfelt collection that captures a legendary reporter’s affection for everyday stories, this ten‑quote set fits the bill. Kuralt’s gentle narrative tone shines through, reminding us why human‑centered reporting matters.

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I didn't like the competitiveness of big-time journalism.

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You know, most reporters can't go back to the towns they wrote stories about. I never wrote that kind of story.

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I think the feature reporter often walks a very thin line between a truly human story and one that slops over into…

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When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods…

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I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life,…

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I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about…

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Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying,…

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I'm not knocking the wholesale grocery business or any other, but there is a kind of romance in journalism which some people,…

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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…

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I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it…

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My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.

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You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

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I did stories about unexpected encounters, back roads, small towns and ordinary folk, sometimes doing something a little extraordinary.

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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…

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I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits.

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To read the papers and to listen to the news... one would think the country is in terrible trouble. You do not get that…

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TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.

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There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions…

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It is liberalism, whether people like it or not, which has animated all the years of my life. What on Earth did conservatism ever…

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I didn't know what narcissism was until I beheld my own naricssus.

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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…

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Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

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