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" I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to. "
Don Lemon
Feel
Think
People
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" 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. "
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" 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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" If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.' "
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" 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. "
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" Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. "
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America
She
" Can the president really blame Fox News for his problems? "
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" More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. "
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More
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" People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the time! 'And after a moment, I would go, 'I am Don Lemon!' "
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People
I Am
" 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.' "
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Feel
Kind
Life
" It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented. "
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Someone
Ask
" I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay. "
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Gay
Matters
" 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. "
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Control
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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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Music
You
Rights
" 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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Great
People
Choice
" I don't watch the media that much. "
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Media
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Much
" 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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City
Earth
" 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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" I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard. "
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Guard
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" Whatever happens with my career, I'm going to prosper no matter what. "
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Career
" 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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People
" 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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" The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end. "
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Long
End
" I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth. "
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Walk
Truth
" I was born gay, just as I was born black. "
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Just
Gay