Al Roker Quotes
The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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Lady Diana Spencer looked to relatively unknown designers - David and Elizabeth Emanuel, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art - when she wed Prince Charles in 1981.
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I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don't know what else to do. I just do the best I can and tell you the only thing I can, and that's what I already told you many times.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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I don't like fashion. I don't like art. I do like smashing up expensive things.
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My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.
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I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols, also.
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It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.
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People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you've done before.
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I was a big 'MAD Magazine' fan when I was a kid, and I read a lot of horror comics - I illustrated as well.
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The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.
