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My mother's dad dropped out of the eighth grade to work. He had to. By the time he was 30, he was a master electrician, plumber, carpenter, mason, mechanic. That guy was, to me, a magician. Anything that was broken, he could fix. Anybody anywhere in our community knew that if there was a problem, Carl was there to fix it.
— Mike Rowe
Tags: mother, time, me, work

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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?
— Mike Rowe
Tags: who, always, you, man
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.
— Mike Rowe
Tags: people, you, waiting, work
'Dirty Jobs' is a fun, simple little show with huge themes under it. For me, it's penance, it's redemption, it's a sweaty mess.
— Mike Rowe
Tags: dirty, fun, simple, me
Boredom is a choice. Like tardiness. Or interrupting.
— Mike Rowe
Tags: interrupting, tardiness, boredom, choice, like
We don't need American Idols. We need American icons. Icons of work.
— Mike Rowe
Tags: icons, american, idols, need, work
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