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" I've always liked the idea of walking into a cocktail party where there are different people and finding some connection with almost everybody in the room. "

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" 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. "

" If you can be who you are on camera, which is not easy, then I think you're going to be successful. "

" 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? "

" I'm one of these people who tends to think that the ordinary people are more fascinating than the celebrities and even the politicians. "

" 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. "

" Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly. "

" There are pockets of liberal, affluent America where parents don't want their kids vaccinated. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two but can't remember what they are. "

" I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me. "

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

" I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money. "

" I value my privacy a lot. "

" I don't find anything comes out of getting in someone's face during an interview and screaming. "

" I am the luckiest guy I know. "

" 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. "

" You're going to have twenty years as host of the 'Today Show,' and eighteen of those years are going to be so unbelievably fantastic that you're going to think you're living in a fantasy world. And one or two of those years is going to be incredibly frustrating and challenging. "

" 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. "

" I like it when things are where they're supposed to be. "

" Early on, I had five jobs in a row where I was either fired or canceled. "

" There's a difference between good chemistry and a bond. Chemistry is something you have with somebody you meet - or you don't. It's an intangible. It may be superficial. It's much harder to put your finger on than a bond. "

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

" 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. "

" I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life. "

" It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are. "

" 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. "