Jane Pauley Quotes - Page 2

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• My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was obviously busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies work on TV and that it's no big deal.

  Jane Pauley

  Children, Growing Up, Book

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• I have been fiercely private, in part because I could never understand how a journalist could be otherwise. I was also the mother of small children, and security concerns were paramount.

  Jane Pauley

  Mother, Children, Concern

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• Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me.

  Jane Pauley

  Silly, Call Me

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• My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.

  Jane Pauley

  Mother, Father, Parent

  "Pauley: 'I was suffering from bipolar disorder'". "Today" with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. August 31, 2004.

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• Your 40s are a major trough. About the age of 50, feelings of satisfaction begin to rebound and keep rising into your 50s, 60s and 70s, with health being a major factor.

  Jane Pauley

  Feelings, Age, Rising

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• I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

  Jane Pauley

  People, Shy, Realizing

  "Pauley: 'I was suffering from bipolar disorder'". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. August 31, 2004.

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• It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.

  Jane Pauley

  May, Form, Feels

  "TAKE ONE STEP: Caring for Depression, with Jane Pauley". www.pbs.org. 2008.

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• What I've discovered is that my kids weren't watching the 'Today' show... they watch 'Gumby' and 'Bugs Bunny!'

  Jane Pauley

  Kids, Watches, Bunnies

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• My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad.

  Jane Pauley

  Dad, Father, Confused

  "Jane Pauley Says Goodbye". Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com. May 30.

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• My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

  Jane Pauley

  Opposites, Parent, Imagine

  "Jane Pauley Says Goodbye". Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com. May 30.

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• I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it.

  Jane Pauley

  Thinking, Way, Kind

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• Well, every now and then I would hear the preposterous notion that that Jane Pauley sounds like Barbara Walters. Like I could if I tried?

  Jane Pauley

  Sound, Now And Then, Barbara

  "Jane Pauley Says Goodbye". Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com.

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• Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! ... no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus, it's been shown as an effective means of helping people quit smoking, shed pounds, reduce stress, and end phobias.

  Jane Pauley

  Stress, Mean, Hypnosis

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• New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

  Jane Pauley

  Talking, Annoyed, Reputation

  Jane Pauley (2004). “Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue”, p.22, Random House

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• It's like if people don't see you on TV every day, they think you're in cryogenics somewhere.

  Jane Pauley

  Thinking, People, Tvs

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• Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

  Jane Pauley

  Life Changing, People, Stripes

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• 'Good Morning America' exploited Joan Lunden's pregnancy, but you won't see me bringing my babies on the air. The only reason I'm talking about the babies at all is that they've been with me on the show since I became pregnant. After a while, I had to acknowledge this pumpkin tummy.

  Jane Pauley

  Baby, Morning, Pregnancy

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• I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.

  Jane Pauley

  Serious, Months, Enough

  "Pauley: 'I was suffering from bipolar disorder'". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. August 31, 2004.

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• I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

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  Ordinary, Granted, Personal Life

  "Pauley: 'I was suffering from bipolar disorder'". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. August 31, 2004.

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• I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

  Jane Pauley

  Journalist, My Time

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• I've always been profoundly ambivalent about fame. I think it just eats the reality out of you and it can be intoxicating because I like some of it.

  Jane Pauley

  Thinking, Reality, Fame

  "Jane Pauley Says Goodbye". Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com. May 30.

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• This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

  Jane Pauley

  Funny, Office, Giving

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