- Hearing Aids
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Early Years
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I spent most of my childhood, and my early years as a performer, in student mode. And I think that's OK - I mean, it led me to where I am.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a great foundation, a great training foundation. But it took me a long time to let the training go.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what it's like to be ignored; when I got to L.A., I longed for somebody who looked like me to show me the ropes.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was the bat signal for me - 'Rent' changed my life. It took me years before I got beyond that show.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any control over the offers that are going to come to me or not come to me. But I can't go backward, and so that's what's tricky.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was something about recording and then hearing myself back.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalism is my first love. But music comes in a close second. What's important for me is that whatever you do, whatever your passion is, you should have another passion - something in your life. And when I put on that musician hat and I put the bass in my hands, I'm not Lester Holt the TV guy anymore. I'm just Lester Holt who likes music.
- Mustache
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off.' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not.' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, I'll be flipping the channel at home and think, 'Wow, there's a lot of me on TV.'
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories worth risking your life for.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been concerned about global warming. It seemed to me like working in nuclear power was a logical way to do something to help the environment.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nuclear power is a young technology - there's so much more to be discovered. That's what makes it so exciting to me. Yes, there are problems, but innovative people are going to be able to come up with solutions and bring the technology to its full potential.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't think I am not homesick for America. I say 'homesick' advisedly because I am a man with two homes - America, which gave me hospitality for many happy years, and where my daughter was born; and my native England.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020