Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

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

Related Quotes:

" I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating. "

" It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis. "

" I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories. "

" 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. "

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

" If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue. "

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

" 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. "

Black And White

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

Asking Questions

" I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I project, if I'd not lived in Chicago. "

" 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. "

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

" Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time. "

" I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value. "

" 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'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. "

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

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

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

" Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "