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.
BILL KURTISFirst 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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I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
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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’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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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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There’s something magical about putting yourself into life. You’ve got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.
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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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My personal philosophy is I’m running a 100-yard dash, and I haven’t reached the end.
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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.
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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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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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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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Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.
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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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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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Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.
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