Katie Couric Quotes
I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a really nice truck. But it's a Durango and I like frontin'! I like to ride by and show off.
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People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.
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I love to smoke things; there's usually something always in the pot outside. That smell of something in the smoker just reminds me of home.
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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
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I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.
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I think when you're a TV presenter, you have to have a reason for doing it, and a lot of them have been around a long time and grafted for that. The reason why it works with me on 'The Xtra Factor' is because I was a contestant on it, and I have a relationship with the viewers at home.
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You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
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I don't have a huge breakfast, and I sometimes forget to have lunch, so I focus on dinner. I love Thai and Japanese food.
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As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.
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I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. When you're doing a film you get on the rollercoaster, you put the safety bar down and then you're gone. And it's hard. It's hard, too, as a parent, I think, because the hours are so long. It's hard.
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I'm not the kind of writer that can write eight hours a day... I'm the kind of writer that the more time I have, the less efficient I am.
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In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer business is certainly a very social type of business.
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We will learn together how to solve the problems of the country.
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It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.
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I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.
