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" 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. "

Matt Lauer

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same woman, she'd go, 'Did you see the beak on that guy? "

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

" I read the rumors, and I know there is a cottage industry of meanness out there. "

" I value my privacy a lot. "

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

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. "

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

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" Meredith Vieira warms my heart. "

Matt Lauer

Heart

" 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. "

" I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same. "

" I don't walk around saying everything is going to be wonderful. "

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

" This is the best job in television. I grew up watching the 'Today show.' "

" Even the bad interviews I think you learn from. They make you better. "

" 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. "

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

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