Mom and Dad even took in foster children. ‘There are no limits to how much you can love,’ Dad always said.
AL ROKERYou can’t name an institution that doesn’t depend on volunteers.
More Al Roker Quotes
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My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don’t apply.
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I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted.
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And I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave.
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My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.
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I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort.
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If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries.
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I couldn’t wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.
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There is no quick fix. At the end of the day, you still have to do the work to maintain your weight. It can’t be a diet. You have to change your life.
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In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She’s got a construction zone going on in her belly.
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I have been blessed with working with the best in the business.
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They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much.
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To me, there is no difference between ‘natural’ and ‘adopted.’ .
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I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world – that their parents get treated better because they’re on TV.
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Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it’s not. it’s the United States of America.
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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.
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