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29 quotes by Ed Bradley

Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television program 60 Minutes. During his earlier career he also covered the fall of Saigon, was the first black television correspondent to cover the White House, and anchored his own news broadcast, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley. He received several awards for his work including...
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Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

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I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.

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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.

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So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up... →

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I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.

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The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.

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I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that... →

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And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

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I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.

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You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

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My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was... →

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Probably my mother. She was a very compassionate woman, and always kept me on my feet. And I think part of it is just the way you are, the way... →

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