Katherine Anne Couric Quotes

• You can’t assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

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• You see, that’s the problem I have with “you people.”

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• You know, you’ve got serious pieces, you’ve got light pieces, you’ve got cooking segments, you’ve got health-related topics, so it’s not as if they’ve had a unique personality from the get-go.

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• You can’t please everyone, and you can’t make everyone like you.

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• They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you’re conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece.

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• That studies have shown that more people are getting up earlier, they’re getting their news earlier. They’re getting less sleep, getting up at earlier hours.

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• Sometimes I think change is a good thing.

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• So I don’t really focus too much on that, and I think it’s dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you’re not going to be doing a really quality job yourself.

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• Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.

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• Now, if they’re there to talk about something specifically, and I determine through my own editorial judgment, that another area isn’t germane, or isn’t an important part of it, that’s something else. But we never agree to anything in advance, absolutely not.

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• If I hear the word ‘perky’ again, I’ll puke.

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• I’ve always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

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• I think sometimes people project things on you, but I’m trying to handle everything that’s happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can’t necessarily win all the time.

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• I know there’s a great deal of speculation, and while I appreciate the interest, kind of, my contract ends in May and I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to do. I’m fortunate to have a couple of opportunities to think long and hard about.

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• I feel like a human pinata. The disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out.

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• I don’t know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we’ve become friends through the years. And you’ve been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can’t tell you how grateful I am.

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• I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!

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• I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that’s really motivating.

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• He would take the blow so you didn’t have to.

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• He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn’t he? A bit of a fighter?

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Katherine Anne Couric (27)

Birth:	7th January, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Journalist

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Katie Couric is an American television journalist, author and talk show host. Couric has been a television host on all Big Three television networks in the United States. She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006 and for CBS News from 2006 until mid-2011, when she joined ABC News.

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