I wake about 1 a.m. I’m in the office by 2 a.m. We’re on the air at 5.
BOB EDWARDSMeanwhile, the meek are a long time inheriting the earth.
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With radio, the listener absorbs everything.
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People are always ready to admit a man’s ability after he gets there.
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I go home by noon, and I’m in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.
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Between 2 and 5 I’m reading in to find out what’s been going on while I’ve been asleep.
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But when you see personal artifacts relating to – by genealogy at least – a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I’ve ever read about slavery before.
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The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises.
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Meanwhile, the meek are a long time inheriting the earth.
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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.
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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.
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The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.
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I’ve never been able to predict the future of anything.
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It’s also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one’s brain. There are no pictures to distract.
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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.
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Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you’re wearing one, and I don’t.
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I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.
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