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Bill Kurtis Quotes & Sayings

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Famous Quotes By Bill Kurtis

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I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool. — Bill Kurtis

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Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over. — Bill Kurtis

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A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds. — Bill Kurtis

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The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it's predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer. — Bill Kurtis

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My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end. — Bill Kurtis

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That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor. — Bill Kurtis

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We know Roger Ebert loved the 'Sun-Times' and his career as a newspaper columnist. But ironically, it was his illness and losing his voice that caused him to explore another venue. — Bill Kurtis

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There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that. — Bill Kurtis

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In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job. — Bill Kurtis

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You know, in the beginning when your first payroll comes up and you have to borrow money to meet the payroll, you lose sleep the night before, and you say to yourself real fast, 'Well, maybe I should keep working a couple more years. It's sobering. — Bill Kurtis

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Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. But the reason is, you're going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible. — Bill Kurtis

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I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present. — Bill Kurtis

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There's room for a diversity of ages on television. — Bill Kurtis

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I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch. — Bill Kurtis

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The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming. — Bill Kurtis

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If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it. — Bill Kurtis

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First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it. — Bill Kurtis

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Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here. — Bill Kurtis

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Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading. — Bill Kurtis

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I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that. — Bill Kurtis

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I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us. — Bill Kurtis

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With news, especially investigative pieces, you've got to be really smart and really lucky to be timely and to not get beaten by the big guys. You can't go head-to-head with the networks. — Bill Kurtis

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People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly. — Bill Kurtis

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The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that. — Bill Kurtis

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Think of it: television producers joining with newspapers to tell stories. It's journalism of the future. Advertising will follow the crowd - the 'crowd' being viewers and readers, of course, which could bring revenue back into journalism. — Bill Kurtis

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I believe that young people are looking for answers to the big questions just like everyone else, and that they respect intelligent comment to help guide them through tough times. — Bill Kurtis

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I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true. — Bill Kurtis

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You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo. — Bill Kurtis

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All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world. — Bill Kurtis