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" I like getting rid of things. I really do. "
Matt Lauer
Getting
Things
Rid
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" Being in front of the camera - first of all, when I wanted to get into television, it was as a producer. I never had an idea that I would do anything in front of the camera, and that kind of happened by accident. But I wanted to be a producer or give me a job with the Yankees or play for the Knicks. I was a sports nut when I was a kid. "
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Camera
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" My mother is a strong woman. Her strength comes from being tested by life's unpredictability. It comes from soldiering on for her children, even when she might rather have given up. I know it hasn't always come easily, but I also know it's her greatest gift. "
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Strength
Mother
" People always say, 'Is it tough getting up at four in the morning?' I'm not terrible with that, but the weird thing for me is that I start to feel like a 3-year-old in need of a nap at about 7:30 at night; and, at 9:30, my head is teetering like that. "
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Night
People
Start
" I like it when things are where they're supposed to be. "
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Supposed
Things
Where
" If you have a bad experience on the air, you don't think you've done your job, or you have an embarrassing moment. I guarantee you'll work harder the next time not to let it happen again. "
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You
Experience
Job
" Over the course of 20 years that I've been at NBC, I have never seen the amount of money I make reported correctly by the media. "
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Years
Seen
Over
" Does anyone want to see a person who's making the money that the newspapers say I'm making complaining, 'Woe is me, my life is terrible, and people are being unfair?' No one would've had any patience for that. I wouldn't have any patience for that. "
Matt Lauer
My Life
Life
Money
" I take the harsh criticism along with the compliments. "
Matt Lauer
Criticism
Along
Take
" You get your dream job and, in my opinion, despite anything they might say about you professionally or personally, you shut up, and you just do the job - and enjoy it. "
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Opinion
You
Dream
" My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. "
Matt Lauer
Jewish
Mom
Anything
" I like fishing as much when I don't catch anything as when I do. "
Matt Lauer
Like
Fishing
Catch
" Meredith Vieira warms my heart. "
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Heart
" Times are harder there right now. I think it's been well publicized. We are - the show is not where I want it to be right now. The ratings are not where I want them to be. I want to make it better. "
Matt Lauer
Right
Want
Better
" When you have somebody in a position of power show interest in you after you've kind of been down and out, that's a big boost. "
Matt Lauer
Position
Down
You
" Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond. "
Matt Lauer
Bond
Did
Like
" Mostly, I think of myself as having great common sense. I've always been proud of that. Was I a terrific student? Absolutely not. But put me in a roomful of people, and I don't think I'm ever going to embarrass myself. "
Matt Lauer
Me
Great
Think
" I learned more from my dad by osmosis than by any talk we ever had. He was the most reliable person I've ever met. "
Matt Lauer
Than
Talk
Reliable
" I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there. "
Matt Lauer
Out
Rumors
Know
" I'm one of these people who tends to think that the ordinary people are more fascinating than the celebrities and even the politicians. "
Matt Lauer
Think
More
People
" My dad taught me how to fish. When I am stand in a trout stream now, and I have the waders on, and I've got a fly rod in my hand, or I am fishing for bass, I think of sitting in a boat with my dad. How can that be a bad experience? "
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Think
Experience
Fishing
" It's rare when suddenly a window opens up, and you see a side of a celebrity you've never seen before, good or bad. "
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Bad
Celebrity
You
" There are pockets of liberal, affluent America where parents don't want their kids vaccinated. "
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America
Pockets
Want
" When you get your dream job, you'd be really hard-pressed to leave it. Unless you've got another dream job out there. "
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Your
Dream
Got
" I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father? "
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Good
Father
Worry
" I admire people who are completely at ease with themselves. But I don't have that feeling. "
Matt Lauer
Admire
Ease
Who
" Early on, I had five jobs in a row where I was either fired or canceled. "
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Where
Either
Early
" I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me. "
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Asking
Me
People
" I am the luckiest guy I know. "
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I Am
Guy
Am
" In my mind, I am extraordinarily handy. But what that means is when I attempt to fix something, there's usually a five-minute period of experimentation, followed by a five-minute period of frustration, followed by a frantic phone call to a professional. "
Matt Lauer
Mind
Professional
Frustration
" Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate. "
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Kind
Katie
Soulmate