Matt Lauer Quotes

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Matt Lauer

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : December 30, 1957

My dad taught me how to fish. When I am stand in a trout stream now, and I have the waders on, and I've got a fly rod in my hand, or I am fishing for bass, I think of sitting in a boat with my dad. How can that be a bad experience?

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My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

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It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are.

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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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There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

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I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same woman, she'd go, 'Did you see the beak on that guy?

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I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.

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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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I probably would do over the Tom Cruise interview because I've thought of so many things I would have said in hindsight.

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I take the harsh criticism along with the compliments.

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Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond.

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Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?

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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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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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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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I am the luckiest guy I know.

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In some ways, being No. 2 in the ratings is a real shot in the arm, a kick in the pants.

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When you feel your family is being threatened and hurt, you speak up. And then you put your head down and go back about your business.

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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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You get your dream job and, in my opinion, despite anything they might say about you professionally or personally, you shut up, and you just do the job - and enjoy it.

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