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

—  Ed Bradley

[John Sears, RTNDA Communicator, RTNDA; The Association; Radio Television Digital News Association; Volume 54, August 2000, Interview with Ed Bradley]

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