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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. "

Don Lemon

Business

People

Rules

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

" 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. "

Don Lemon

Person

Against

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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!' "

" I don't watch the media that much. "

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Someone

Used

" 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. "

Don Lemon

People

Why

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Some people are saying, 'Justin Bieber is racist.' Is he? I don't know. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me. "

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Know