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Mike Wallace quotes

American Journalist May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012

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Mike Wallace quote: "Can you imagine the most trusted man in America? Cronkite..."
Can you imagine the most trusted man in America? Cronkite deserved it too. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was -..."
When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News. Mike Wallace
I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella. Mike Wallace
To go around the world, to talk to almost anybody you want to talk to, to have enough time on the air, so that you could really tell a full story. What a voyage of discovery it was. Mike Wallace
My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left. Mike Wallace
We used to sit around and chortle, 'Look what this guy said five years ago, and today look what he's doing. Let's stick it to him!' It's as simple as that, I swear. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the..."
It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy. Mike Wallace
In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself."
I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "I cared enough to read and look at and worry about the questions."
I cared enough to read and look at and worry about the questions. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "I did what I felt that I wanted to do. Fairly selfishly. I..."
I did what I felt that I wanted to do. Fairly selfishly. I didn't know my kids as well as I should have. Mike Wallace
I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn't about 'me,' it was about 'us.' Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "I feel fulfilled when we've revealed a person."
I feel fulfilled when we've revealed a person. Mike Wallace
What's an ambush interview? You walk up to a fellow who you want to talk to, and he hasn't been - he hadn't been willing to talk to you before. You've sent him letters, and you've tried to talk to him on the phone. So you walk up to him on the street and ask him a question - that's an ambush? Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning."
I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning. Mike Wallace

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