Matt Lauer Quotes
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I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money.
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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.
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I admire people who are completely at ease with themselves. But I don't have that feeling.
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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.
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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.
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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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Even the bad interviews I think you learn from. They make you better.
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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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Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate.
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I don't think it's a healthy thing in your personal life to go around with that never-sure attitude.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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In this business, the minute you start feeling comfortable about the show you're doing or the ratings you're getting, you're in big trouble.
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I like fishing as much when I don't catch anything as when I do.
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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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The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution.
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On a day-to-day level, I love watching my kids accomplish the little things that seem trivial but are really milestones: seeing my son hit a baseball or watching my daughter draw something that actually looks like what she says she's drawing. Or hearing them say 'I love you.'
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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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People have the right to say whatever they want.
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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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I kid my friends who are golfers, and I say, 'If you ever hear me complain, hit me in the butt with a putter' because I have no reason to complain. Even on days when you don't like what you see in the paper, I have no reason to complain.
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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.