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" 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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" I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings. "

" I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace. "

" Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring. "

" 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. "

" The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution. "

" People have the right to say whatever they want. "

" I'm not going to whine or get depressed. Who's going to feel sorry for me? Nobody. "

" Every night at 6:30, my entire family sits down for dinner together. It's definitely the best part of my day. "

" My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. "

" When people start to write articles about what might be wrong with the 'Today' show you know where you should point the finger, point it at me because I have been there the longest. And it's my responsibility. "

" Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond. "

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Bond

Did

" 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. "

" I'm glad to know that I can host the 'Today' show for 16 years and not be a trending topic. And all the sudden I'm on 'Royal Pains,' and I'm a trending topic. There's something a little strange about that. "

" I admire people who are completely at ease with themselves. But I don't have that feeling. "

" 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. "

" The vast majority of what I've seen written about me is not true. My family and friends - the people who matter to me - they know the real story. "

Matt Lauer

People

Story

" I'm lucky: I have very funny kids. "

" People don't want to see me having a bad morning. They have job problems, financial problems, family pressures, kids to get off to school. The last thing they want to wake up to is someone showing them the same problems. So maybe that's the one time I am forced to act. "

" There was always an unspoken generosity about my mom. "

" Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America? "

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America

Than

" Outside of my family and my work, I have two passions, both instilled in me by my father: golf and fishing. "

" Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate. "

" What makes people successful in this business is to be yourself on camera. Sounds simple. It's not. "

" 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. "

" I knew I wanted to work in television because some friends of mine, when I went to high school - their fathers worked for, as a matter of fact, for NBC Sports at the time. "

" There are some harsh realities about this business, and they've been beaten into my psyche. But I'm more of an optimist than a pessimist. "

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Business

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" I am the luckiest guy I know. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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