Charlie Rose Quotes

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Charlie Rose

Profession : Journalist

Birth : January 5, 1942

I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was an athlete. We didn't go fishing or hunting or any of the things I wanted to do. Why not? He just didn't do that.

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My parents had a great work ethic.

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When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

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I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could have a real conversation. And I know that people... like to eavesdrop on a conversation.

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I want to challenge people to find out who they are.

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I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.

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The alarm rings 4:45, again at 5, but I wake up 4:30 naturally. Shower, shave, orange juice, perk my own coffee, hear the news, and the CBS car arrives 5:30.

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I would love to have a long and serious conversation with the Pope. And Woody Allen, whom I have never interviewed. Then, after those two? Steve Jobs.

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The person I've always wanted to interview but never met was Richard Burton.

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It would be wonderful to become what Oprah has become: she is in such a class of her own, as an entrepreneur, as a performer and an icon. The idea of building a series of programmes and choosing people that I think have talent to do them would be a very interesting idea. I would love to show that television can have soul, depth and range.

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I'm flattered by the fact that most people tell me they don't know what my politics are.

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Nighttime, in a nanosecond, asleep by 10:30. No chance I'll get through the day without two naps. Before noon, around 11 A.M. I catch 30 minutes. Living not far from CBS is perfect because afternoons I go home for another.

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People like to be challenged. Most people that I know who are any good at life like to be challenged.

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I could spend several hours on YouTube every night. It's all there. I just don't have enough time.

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I'm not an advocacy journalist - that's not what I do. My role in journalism is to be able to engage the most interesting people with the best ideas.

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The great regret of my life is that I didn't have children.

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I'm an only child, so I don't even have nieces or nephews.

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I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.

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If I was madly in love with someone who offered the opportunity to spend our lives together, I would love to have a child or adopt a child.

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I don't talk about my politics. I am registered as an independent.

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