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

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Charles Kuralt
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 10
Died: 1997
Died: July 4
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My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.
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I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.
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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.
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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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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 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.
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I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.
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