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" I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with. "

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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. "

" I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly. "

Black And White

" I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows. "

" My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family. "

" I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally. "

" 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. "

" I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down. "

Independent Woman

" The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you! "

" 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. "

" We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion. "

" I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating. "

" Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time. "

" As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike. "

" The biggest compliment I get is when someone tells me, 'You're so real.' Even if my journey isn't exactly like theirs. "

" We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges. "

" 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. "

" I've been engaged a couple times. "

" I have an incredible phobia of divorce. "

" I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago. "

" 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. "

" When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing. "

" I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back. "

" 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. "

" I am a gummy bear fanatic. "

" Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times. "

" I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy. "

Asking Questions

" The two things that I require for anyone who's around me: you need to love food, and you need to be able to laugh. "

" 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. "

" I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It's communal, it reminds me of being with family, and it's also a form of therapy; it heals you from the inside out. "

" 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. "