I think I’m so old I’m in. We call it the ‘Tony Bennett Syndrome.’ For some reason, young people think I’m cool.
BILL KURTISWhy die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.
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I believe that young people are looking for answers to the big questions just like everyone else, and that they respect intelligent comment to help guide them through tough times.
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The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say ‘we’ll let it go this time,’ you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.
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I travel so much on stories, so I don’t take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.
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In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it’s pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.
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First of all, I’m a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it’s at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There’s just a good feel to it.
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My personal philosophy is I’m running a 100-yard dash, and I haven’t reached the end.
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Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.
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Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney’s office leading.
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I’ve been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.
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On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won’t inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.
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There’s room for a diversity of ages on television.
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I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.
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I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
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I’d like ‘Morning News’ to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the ‘New York Times’ will want to watch us.
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If you’re a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot – and you’re willing to spend a bundle to get it.
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