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" Back on Nov. 23, 1963, I sailed into Manhattan Harbor onboard the Queen Mary and landed with no job and contacts and just $135 in my pocket. My first lodging was in a rundown hotel for $27 a week with the bathroom down the end of a corridor of beds. "
Job
Down
End
" Burnout comes easy in the high-pressure world of television, and when the opportunity arose to move to Las Vegas and bring my friends and star chefs to open their restaurants at the Venetian, I made the move here. "
Opportunity
Vegas
World
" Celebrities are nowhere as rich as some people think they are. "
Some
Think
Rich
" Emeril is a one-in-a-million Renaissance man. In 2002, he established his foundation to support children's educational programs to inspire and mentor young people through culinary arts, school food and nutrition. "
Man
Food
Children
" Florida is nice, but Texas is my favorite state. "
Florida
Texas
Favorite
" I am a creator of TV shows. 'Lifestyle' ran for 14 years... that was pleasurable. We also had 'Runaway' for eight years. We did two years of a show called 'The Start of Something Big', and we did a network series called 'Fame, Fortune and Romance.' "
Two
I Am
Show
" I am the most unlikely star in the world. "
Unlikely
I Am
Star
" I built the ideal house down in the Caribbean. All Englishmen dream of leaving the rain of England and getting a place in the sun - out in the grounds with separate guest houses; that is the ideal scenario. "
Down
Dream
House
" I developed the pilot for 'Entertainment Tonight' with Jack Haley, Jr. and Al Masini, who became my business partner in 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,' 'Runaway' and several other shows and specials. "
Pilot
Business
Partner
" I do get to meet a lot of people, and I do get to travel quite a bit. You may laugh, but it's a tough job. "
Tough
Job
Laugh
" I don't follow English soccer because it's become a game for hooligans. "
Because
Become
Soccer
" I don't think that the rich should be attacked. There's nothing wrong in being rich. "
Rich
Wrong
Think
" If it weren't for Liberace, there would be no Madonna or Lady Gaga, Elton John, Bette Midler, or Elvis because it was Liberace who helped the King glitz up his act. "
Act
King
Because
" I have met some very strange people and some very strange cats - and I'm not talking about jazz greats. I'm talking about animals that people claim have come from outer space, and boy, they're weird! "
Animals
People
Space
" I have no limo. In cities, I usually hail a taxi like everyone else. "
Cities
Everyone
Hail
" I helped launch 'ET'... I like to see things start, grow, and then move on to better things. "
Move On
See
Better
" I know that people hate me. And I know I'm just a hack journalist and what we do on 'Lifestyles' isn't what you would call television brain surgery. "
Hate
Know
Me
" I like to say that it never rains on 'Lifestyles.' There is no bad news. It's a very up show. "
Say
News
Never
" I like to see things start, grow, and then move on to better things. "
Move On
Grow
Like
" I'm a big baller. "
Big
" I made my first million by the time I was 31 and promptly lost it when I got divorced. "
Lost
Time
Million
" I'm fast and loud on purpose. "
Loud
Fast
Purpose
" In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine. "
Food
Wine
Italy
" It greatly upsets me when I'm called a journalistic toad - I mean, I am a journalist! "
Am
Mean
Me
" It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich. "
Finance
Rich
People
" I try to tell the story, always. I do not want to be part of it. "
Part
Want
Try
" I've always been a gypsy. "
Gypsy
Always
Been
" I've known Emeril for more than 20 years from when I featured him on 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' from his days at Commander's Palace in New Orleans and from when I helped start the Food Network where he subsequently hosted an amazing 2,000-plus shows. "
Amazing
Famous
Food
" I've made it a habit not to burn any bridges. "
Bridges
Any
Habit
" I've never shied away from hard work. "
Away
Work
Never
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