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

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: That was the overwhelming thing to me, the joy of carrying my portable typewriter to an event and trying to describe it.

That was the overwhelming thing to me, the joy of carrying my portable typewriter to an event and trying to describe it.

Charles Kuralt quotes: We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

Charles Kuralt quotes: In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality.

In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality.

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

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

I don't think I had a reputation as a hard worker, but inside I was always being eaten up by the pressures.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I think the feature reporter often walks a very thin line between a truly human story and one that slops over into mushiness or sentimentality.

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I much preferred the peaceful life on the road, where I didn't have to ask embarrassing questions and do all the things real reporters have to do.

I much preferred the peaceful life on the road, where I didn't have to ask embarrassing questions and do all the things real reporters have to do.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I had a tight stomach all the time. I actually developed ulcers. I've learned better than to put all that internal pressure on myself.

I had a tight stomach all the time. I actually developed ulcers. I've learned better than to put all that internal pressure on myself.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I didn't know what narcissism was until I beheld my own naricssus.

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: I didn't like the competitiveness of big-time journalism.

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: And still I wander, seeking compensation in unforseen encounters and unexpected sights, in sunsets, storms and passing fancies.

And still I wander, seeking compensation in unforseen encounters and unexpected sights, in sunsets, storms and passing fancies.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

Charles Kuralt quotes: It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished planet.

It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished planet.

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

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.

I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.

Charles Kuralt quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.

I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.

Charles Kuralt quotes: Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

Charles Kuralt quotes: It's that enthusiasm, that passion for what you're doing, that is most important.

It's that enthusiasm, that passion for what you're doing, that is most important.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life, but that opportunity came along.

I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life, but that opportunity came along.

Charles Kuralt quotes: My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: New York is the true City of Light in any season.

New York is the true City of Light in any season.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

Charles Kuralt quotes: 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.

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 quotes: America is a great story and there is a river on every page of it.

America is a great story and there is a river on every page of it.

Charles Kuralt quotes: What I learned on the road. Above all else - to love my native land.

What I learned on the road. Above all else - to love my native land.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I'm not any kind of social reformer.

I'm not any kind of social reformer.

Charles Kuralt quotes: The reality of any place is what its people remember of it.

The reality of any place is what its people remember of it.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I was on the high school track team, believe it or not, and played baseball, poorly but passionately.

I was on the high school track team, believe it or not, and played baseball, poorly but passionately.

Charles Kuralt quotes: ...it is as it was meant to be...

...it is as it was meant to be...

Charles Kuralt quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

Charles Kuralt quotes: It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

Charles Kuralt quotes: A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.

A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.

Charles Kuralt quotes: Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.

Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.

Charles Kuralt quotes: Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people ... We are a nation rich in rivers.

Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people ... We are a nation rich in rivers.

Charles Kuralt quotes: The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

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

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

Charles Kuralt quotes: Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Charles Kuralt quotes: There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grass

There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grass

Charles Kuralt quotes: I started out thinking of America as highways and state lines. As I got to know it better, I began to think of it as rivers.

I started out thinking of America as highways and state lines. As I got to know it better, I began to think of it as rivers.

Charles Kuralt quotes: If there are bleachers in heaven and a warm sun, that's where you'll find Bill Veeck.

If there are bleachers in heaven and a warm sun, that's where you'll find Bill Veeck.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead.

I made friends with a lot of those who could have criticized me in print and who didn't, who praised me instead.

Charles Kuralt quotes: Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Charles Kuralt quotes: I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.

I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.

Charles Kuralt quotes: You never heard anybody ask 'Elvis who?'

You never heard anybody ask 'Elvis who?'

Charles Kuralt quotes: There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.

There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.

Charles Kuralt quotes: 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.

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

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