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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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" Any atrocity that's committed against one person affects us all, and we are becoming more of one society, of a global society, so something that happens in the Middle East or something that happens in Africa, something that happens in Asia, affects all of us. "

" 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. "

" I was born gay, just as I was born black. "

" It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented. "

" Whatever happens with my career, I'm going to prosper no matter what. "

" 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. "

" Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first. "

" 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. "

" Can the president really blame Fox News for his problems? "

" I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay. "

" 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. "

" If I had had someone like me who had chosen to live their lives out and proud, there would be no need for the Tyler Clementis of the world. "

" My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me. "

" I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted. "

" African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country. "

" More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that. "

" I love old school rock and roll. "

" I abhor hypocrisy. "

" There's a degree of deception in silence. "

" You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices. "

" I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist. "

" I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills. "

" 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. "

" Who needs a bullet piercing, armor piercing bullet to go hunting? Who needs an assault rifle to go hunting? You can't even use the prey that you kill with an assault rifle if you indeed do it. "

" The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end. "

" Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else. "

" I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.' "

" In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about. "

" More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. "

" 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. "