There was a ditch. And he worked. So the most fundamental thing you can give people is an opportunity to earn their own bread with dignity and with a chance to move up. That my father had. It is kind of ironic. He did not have much else. But you gave him the chance to make it on his own. We are not doing that for people now. Charlie how do you best do that . Yes. I think one of the worst things you can do and trying to provide the answer to that question is to use all the magic language of the politician. I think what you ought to do is address the question with common sense and baby talk. And you know who was brilliant at that abraham lincoln. Charlie your hero. Everybody hads, the opportunity to know him would have to love him. Although the voters did not love him which is an interesting reminder. But lincoln described it as well as you can describe it. Are tryingd is, you to figure out what government should do. Government should do the things for you that you cannot do for yourself
And he worked. So the most fundamental thing you can give people is an opportunity to earn their own bread with dignity and with a chance to move up. That my father had. It is kind of ironic. He did not have much else. But you gave him the chance to make it on his own. We are not doing that for people now. Charlie how do you best do that . Yes. I think one of the worst things you can do and trying to provide the answer to that question is to use all the magic language of the politician. I think what you ought to do is address the question with common sense and baby talk. And you know who was brilliant at that abraham lincoln. Charlie your hero. Mine, yours, everybody had the opportunity to know him would have to love him. Although the voters did not love him which is an interesting reminder. But lincoln described it as well as you can describe it. What he said is, you are trying to figure out what government should do. Government should do the things for you that you cannot do for your
Someone without thinks in terms of magazines as being gay or straight or black or white or men or women or old or young. Just someone who wants to know about the contemporary world. Rose an appreciation of those we lost in 2015 when we continue. Nunds for charlie rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose these women and men lead important lives. They enriched society through their passion, their art and their enterprise. Over the last 24 years they came to this program for conversation. Heres a look back at those moments. They didnt ask for much except the opportunity to make it. But my father, ironically, who was a ditch digger, had more important than a lot of people in new york city today who are educated. He had a job. He was only a ditch digger, but there was a ditch to be dug. And somebody handed him a shovel and said go to it, and he worked. F
Someone without thinks in terms of magazines as being gay or straight or black or white or men or women or old or young. Just someone who wants to know about the contemporary world. Rose an appreciation of those we lost in 2015 when we continue. Nunds for charlie rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose these women and men lead important lives. They enriched society through their passion, their art and their enterprise. Over the last 24 years they came to this program for conversation. Heres a look back at those moments. They didnt ask for much except the opportunity to make it. But my father, ironically, who was a ditch digger, had more important than a lot of people in new york city today who are educated. He had a job. He was only a ditch digger, but there was a ditch to be dug. And somebody handed him a shovel and said go to it, and he worked. F
It was morning again in america. Millions of men and women were going to work. And high up above the streets in his olympic tower, one of americas most celebrated selfmade men. The most successful single individual in the history of American Fashion. Ladies and gentlemen, halston. Was nowhere in sight. The question that all of new york was asking last night was whatever happened to halston . Its a story of high fashion and high finance as one of americas big names in fashion it was business as usual, you could say. They bought his name, sold off his lifes work for pennies on the dollar, and when that wasnt enough, well, they forced him out of his own office. Some will say he had it coming. But what he didnt see coming were the tapes. All 215 of them, erased as per the corporations order. Who am i . Just someone working in the archives, nobody important for our story, really. Sportswear, knits, broadcloth, mens wear. This is andy warhols portrait of me. You see, pictures meant everythin