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" I do feel that Paula Deen should not have lost her job, and I've said this on the air. The marketplace should have decided. The marketplace decided something different. Her books are No. 1. "
Don Lemon
Feel
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" I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard. "
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" My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me. "
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" When people ask me why I'm amazed at what Barack Obama has accomplished, I tell them it's not because of what most of America and the world sees and knows of his history. It's because I witnessed what I can only describe as a bizarre turn of events that thrust him into position to even become a U.S. senator. "
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" Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have. "
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" Some people are saying, 'Justin Bieber is racist.' Is he? I don't know. "
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" It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets. "
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" Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me. "
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" I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school. "
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" Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric. "
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" There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar! "
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" Think about just how much we'd get accomplished if we collectively viewed the people with whom we came into contact as just an American and not an American with a prefix. "
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" We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner. "
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" I think secrets are something that you keep or are afraid to share because you think they're going to harm you in some way. So if you don't have any secrets, then there's no way anyone can harm you. "
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" I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge. "
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Earth
" When someone is in our tribe, I think it's particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we're used to their facial features. "
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" I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that. "
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" When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit. "
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" Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it. "
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" The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it. "
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