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 KURTISIn 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.
More Bill Kurtis Quotes
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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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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 prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it’s predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer.
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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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Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.
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I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
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Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.
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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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My personal philosophy is I’m running a 100-yard dash, and I haven’t reached the end.
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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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All vacations can come down to a few little moments – what do your remember when you’re alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.
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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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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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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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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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