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" In life and in politics, it's helpful to try to perceive the other person through the most generous lens. "

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" Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it. "

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" What I don't like is talking points. "

" Nobody really knows my true feelings on a lot of issues. "

" I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. "

" I would be lying if I said it wasn't cool to see myself on the cover of 'Vanity Fair,' right? It's, like, what am I doing there? This is bizarre. "

" I came from a middle-class family. My dad was a professor; my mom was a nurse. I didn't come from money, and I didn't come from circles of power. I didn't come from the country club; I came from the town park. "

" I felt the call to this industry because I enjoy broadcast journalism. I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers; I like reading the blogs. I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry. "

" I was a big Jay Leno fan, so I was sorry to see him go. But my number one person that I watch, she's not late night, but in terms of the comedian genre, is Ellen DeGeneres - love her. "

" I think the most effective managers in the world have a team that wants to jump through brick walls for them. "

" If I'm going to turn on the television, it's going to be the Fox News channel. "

" Just because you might have a sparring match on the air doesn't mean there's any personal animosity. "

" You have to understand that Roger Ailes was a king. He was on the cover of multiple industry publications as the most powerful man in news. And at Fox News, there was no one else with power. So you didn't want to get on the wrong side of him because he was actually beloved inside the building and very well-liked in the industry. "

" Why can't there be an acknowledgment that, in some instances, women remove themselves from the workforce for a long time, and when they come back, of course they're not going to get exactly equal pay? "

" I can muster up the courage in the difficult situations to get me through. "

" My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not-so-great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go when I cover those stories on the news. I'm more empathetic, more relatable because of them. "

" The news changes every day. So it's not like being involved in any litigation that goes on for four years, and the trial lasts three months. "

" I - listen, racism - being a racist is the worst thing you can say about somebody. I mean, it is such a charged accusation. And I really think people should be very careful before they level that. "

" This is the U.S.A., and it's the most glorious place to live in the world. "

" You can't go by what things look like on paper. "

" There are women who literally squeeze a baby out of their bodies or get cut open in major surgery, have a human being, the next generation of the human race pulled from their bodies, and within a couple of weeks have to go back to work, because if they don't, they can't pay their bills. Something's wrong with that. "

" I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me! "

" The most powerful people in my town were the doctors and the lawyers. I didn't really have any experience dealing with really powerful people until I started practicing law. "

" It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person. "

" I don't understand these politicians who want to be president and complain when they get a tough interview. "

" If I could have half the career of Diane Sawyer, I'd be a happy woman. "

" I had more sexist encounters as a lawyer than I had as a journalist. "

" Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president. "