Mike Rowe Quotes - Page 2

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• Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

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  Innovation, Waste, Wasting Time

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• Good jobs look a lot like kids playing and adults working.

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  Jobs, Kids, Adults

  "Dirty Job: Catching Up With Mike Rowe". Interview with Liz Kelly, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 16, 2008.

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• Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic.

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  Eric, Made, Brown

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• I always complain because I'm old now and everything hurts.

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  Hurt, Complaining

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• There's really not a difference between an octopus and, like, a giant pile of snot.

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  Differences, Octopus, Giants

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• I rarely do anything on the show by myself. I dont want it to be about me. Squatting in the sewer in San Francisco, its really hot, were up to our knees in a river of crap. Rats and cockroaches are all over. I would never, ever walk into that environment, except for the fact that the guy who does it every day is squatting next to me.

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  Rivers, San Francisco, Guy

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• Nobody makes a turd like that and lives.

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  Turds

  "Dirty Jobs (Sewer Inspector)". TV Series, August 2, 2005.

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• You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion.

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  Smart, Long, People

  "Cleaning up 'Dirty Jobs'". Interview with Stephen Samaniego, money.cnn.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate.

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  Jobs, Contemplating, Hideous

  "Zucker wants to grow his own" by Alex Weprin, www.politico.com. July 11, 2014.

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• It's funny; it's a real balancing act. In TV, everybody's talking about authenticity. In order to make 'Dirty Jobs' authentic, I really can't be overly informed. The minute I am, I become a host It's a very tricky business paying a tribute to work, because TV is very bad at it.

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  Jobs, Real, Dirty

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• Most of the things I do brand wise are both missionary and mercenary in their position, and that's really important to me; that's one of the first things I look at when I say, 'does it make sense to do a deal?'

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  Wise, Important, Missionary

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• I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was a local hero. Built the church that I went to. Built the house I grew up in. Steamfitter, pipefitter, electrician, mechanic and plumber. I wanted to do those things. But it just didn't come easy.

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  Hero, Blue, House

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• The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.

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  Jobs, Dirty, Different

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• I'm allergic to rocks hitting me in the face.

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  Rocks, Hitting, Faces

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• Always flat front. You've got to be deeply suspicious of a man who consciously goes with pleats. Why would you do that?

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  Men, Flats, Pleats

  "Dirty Job: Catching Up With Mike Rowe". Interview with Liz Kelly, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 16, 2008.

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• Im a B-list celebrity trying to give it an honest look. They see me do actual work. ... I try to be the viewer with a microphone.

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  Giving, Trying, Looks

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