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" As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike. "
Tamron Hall
Bike
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" I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago. "
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" I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things. "
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" We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence. "
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" When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job. "
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" It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago. "
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" I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God. "
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" I laugh about it all the time, but, for whatever reason, a lot of people think that I wear a wig. I get emails and tweets about people commenting on my hair being a wig. It's one of the strangest but most entertaining things I've read about myself online. "
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" So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.' Well, yes I am. From where I've come from and my family and what I see as real struggles in day to day life, through my reporting. I'm never going to look at challenges. "
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" I'm about being honest and knowing that people are watching, and they want to know that I'm asking questions that they want the answers to. "
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" Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other. "
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" I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.' "
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" Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times. "
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" One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party. "
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" I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy. "
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" When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time. "
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" I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa. "
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" The biggest compliment I get is when someone tells me, 'You're so real.' Even if my journey isn't exactly like theirs. "
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" I've been given an opportunity to make a difference. "
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" What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock. "
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" I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I project, if I'd not lived in Chicago. "
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" I have three incredible nieces and a nephew who's going off to college. To hear them say they're proud of me left me in tears. "
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" When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy. "
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" It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can. "
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" I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason. "
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" We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges. "
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" Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others. "
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" I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too. "
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" I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day. "
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" Everything I ask is a question from Tamron, like it or not. My team does not write my questions. We put together a segment. We talk about the elements that I want, but we have a conversation for that hour with our guests. "
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