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

Tamron Hall

You

Compliment

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy. "

" When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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

Tamron Hall

Years

Chicago

" I'm definitely a foodie. "

Tamron Hall

Definitely

" 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. "

" You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother. "

Tamron Hall

You

My Life

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

" 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. "

Tamron Hall

Jeans

Security

" On career day as a young journalist, I scraped up my money and went to this big conference for young journalists, and the great feedback I got was that I would not or should not become an anchor because my eyelashes were too long and too distracting. "

" 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. "

" I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able to conceive, I just hope that I'm able to give someone as beautiful a life as my parents gave me. "

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

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

Tamron Hall

Kids

Braces

" Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline. "

" The thread that has always connected my family was the news. "

" 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. "

Tamron Hall

Talk

First

" 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. "

" Al Roker is one of the most sensible people you'll ever meet. He's raised two daughters and a son. And I love him, in that as jovial as he is, he's a straight shooter. He's a New Yorker, as they say. "

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

" Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers. "

" I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa. "

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