Al Roker Quotes
I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
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I'm going to continue to work to be the best player in the world, and whenever that doesn't sound fun to me anymore, that's when it's over.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
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I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.
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Drama class was one of the only areas at school I responded to.
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I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
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Since all power from the seventh century on was only legitimated by religion, political forces and economic interests pushed for the fabrication of false traditions.
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I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can't imagine going through that. If you know that's going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I'd rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?
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Some characters think more like me than others; some think more like my dad or someone else. It certainly is made up of my experiences, things I've heard, things I think are funny, things I think are sad. There's sort of a strange, blurry version of yourself in there.
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I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me.
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Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.
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Nobody can influence me, nobody. Still less a woman. Women are important in a man's life only if they're beautiful and charming and keep their femininity.
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You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do.
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One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.
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I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
