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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 had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous. "

" Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters. "

" 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 have an incredible phobia of divorce. "

" The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact. "

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

" I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself. "

" 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. "

" We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that? "

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

" I'm definitely a foodie. "

" It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can. "

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

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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