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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 it was a romantic calling.

Charles Kuralt

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Charles Kuralt
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 10
Died: 1997
Died: July 4
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New York City
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Charles Bishop Kuralt
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It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.
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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.
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