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" All I'm armed with is research. "
Research
Armed
" As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing. "
Eyes
Birthday
Search
" But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse. "
Friends
Today
Think
" Can you imagine the most trusted man in America? Cronkite deserved it too. "
You
America
Imagine
" Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine. "
Year
September
Job
" Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that. "
Friends
Country
Fox
" Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away. "
School
Paths
Know
" I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.' "
Night
Good Night
Good Luck
" I cared enough to read and look at and worry about the questions. "
Enough
Worry
Questions
" I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago. "
Years
Acting
Game
" I did what I felt that I wanted to do. Fairly selfishly. I didn't know my kids as well as I should have. "
Did
Kids
Should
" I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it. "
Face
Anchor
Defied
" I even asked Eleanor Roosevelt difficult questions and she loved it. "
Even
Loved
Questions
" I feel fulfilled when we've revealed a person. "
I Feel
Person
Feel
" If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility. "
Integrity
Credibility
Important
" I had my hearing aid fixed today so that I could properly hear you. I can't see as well. I now have - this has stopped me from smoking - a pacemaker, have for about the last 15 years. No, I don't like getting old. "
You
Today
Smoking
" I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts. "
More
Going
Become
" I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting. "
Battles
Urgency
Place
" I'm a reporter; you can't subpoena people to talk to you. If you write to them and try to call them on the phone and they don't answer or so forth, then take them unawares. "
People
Phone
You
" I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn't about 'me,' it was about 'us.' "
World
People
Me
" I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself. "
Myself
Writing
Much
" I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning. "
Still
End
Learning
" I never was the story. The story was the story. Period. "
Story
Never
Period
" In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done. "
Style
Candid
Done
" In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that's not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock. "
Way
Best
Possible
" I read rip-and-read news, but I wasn't a reporter. I was reading the wire, and the other thing was, I was reading commercials - and I could do a hell of a commercial. "
Hell
Reporter
Reading
" It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy. "
Joy
You
Learn
" I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella. "
You
Growing
Feel
" I was always nosy and can you imagine a better 60 years, 40 of which or 37 of which traveling any place in the world. "
Years
Always
You
" I was copeless. Not just hopeless, but copeless. I tried to keep on working because I was ashamed of acknowledging the fact that I was depressed. You don't use that word. "
Hopeless
Ashamed
Working
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