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’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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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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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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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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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 have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
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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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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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My personal philosophy is I’m running a 100-yard dash, and I haven’t reached the end.
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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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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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You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
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