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" Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate. "
Matt Lauer
Kind
Katie
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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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" If you are the person who gets the lion's share of attention in good times, guess what: you get the lion's share of attention in bad times. "
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" 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. "
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" Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America? "
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Up
Than
" I'm not going to whine or get depressed. Who's going to feel sorry for me? Nobody. "
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Sorry
" Outside of my family and my work, I have two passions, both instilled in me by my father: golf and fishing. "
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" 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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" I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace. "
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Patience
Love
" I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father? "
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Worry
" 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. "
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Enough
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Feel
" 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. "
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Meet
" 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. "
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Life
Money
" 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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Woman
Strength
Mother
" 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. "
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I Am
Family
School
" What makes people successful in this business is to be yourself on camera. Sounds simple. It's not. "
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Be Yourself
Simple
Yourself
" I probably would do over the Tom Cruise interview because I've thought of so many things I would have said in hindsight. "
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Said
Cruise
Thought
" 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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Walking
People
Finding
" People have the right to say whatever they want. "
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People
Whatever
Right
" If you can be who you are on camera, which is not easy, then I think you're going to be successful. "
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You
Easy
Successful
" 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 don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings. "
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My Life
Want
" I take the harsh criticism along with the compliments. "
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Criticism
Along
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" I am the luckiest guy I know. "
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I Am
Guy
Am
" 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. "
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Today
Start
Responsibility
" I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there. "
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Out
Rumors
Know
" 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. "
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Right
Want
Better
" 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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Great
Think
" I don't find anything comes out of getting in someone's face during an interview and screaming. "
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Face
Find
Interview
" When you feel your family is being threatened and hurt, you speak up. And then you put your head down and go back about your business. "
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Hurt
Speak
Family
" Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring. "
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Better
Than
Caring