Lara Spencer Quotes
After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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I have reservations about everything I do.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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A lot of people ask: 'Will you play a psycho to really change your image and prove you can act?' But that's not what I'm about.
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Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.
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Our first use of cash is invested organically, secondly returning values our shareholders - roughly 100 percent free cash flow. And then thirdly, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships that complement our organic strategy. We are going to continue down that path.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
