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The trouble with that movie is that you had to see Chinatown the day before you saw The Two Jakes. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#chinatown #day #had #movie #saw

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#because #better #close #days #feel

Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#age #attended #away #better #crossed

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#defied #demeanor #face #i #may

In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that's not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#discovering #everybody #honorable #made #possible

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

#astonishing #feel #job #joy #know

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

#because #boston #came #delano #different

Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#being #else #one thing #retired #retiring

Rooney, of course, he believes that he is the reason that people stick around all the way through the show. They'll put up with anything, you know, in order to get to Rooney, and that's why we're at number 16 or 14 or whatever. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#around #believes #course #get #know

When I went to Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, what I really wanted to be was a radio announcer. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#announcer #i #michigan #radio #really