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Now I know what a statesman is...

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

If blue collar jobs are leavin...

If blue collar jobs are leaving
and white collar jobs are outsourced
what color collar jobs are left?

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

A little learning is a dangero...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

A little learning is a dangero...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

People are always ready to adm...

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

I used to listen to the soap o...

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

It's also a more personal medi...

It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There are no pictures to distract.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in...

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the...

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

With radio, the listener absor...

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

Public radio has always been s...

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

I'm a very straight-laced, con...

I'm a very straight-laced, conservative news kind of guy.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

Any outfit that has to beg its...

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 42 quotes

At a tiny station in New Alban...

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

I go home by noon, and I'm in ...

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

The pictures are created by th...

The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The pictures are perfect. If you're showing pictures, different things in that picture can distract from the spoken word.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

I'm still excited at being at ...

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 42 quotes

I've never been able to predic...

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

In college, I got interested i...

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

That's the problem with news i...

That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate.

Bob Edwards 42 quotes

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Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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