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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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" 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

" We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner. "

" My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me. "

" Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first. "

" 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. "

" 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!' "

" Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption. "

" I'm not concerned with what people think of me. "

" You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they all look alike to me. "

Don Lemon

Tell

You

" 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. "

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

" Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican. "

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

" I am a big devourer of James Baldwin. "

Don Lemon

I Am

Big

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

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

" 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. "

" The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it. "

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

Don Lemon

Man

Know

" 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.' "

" 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. "

Don Lemon

You

Nothing

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit. "

" 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.' "

" More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. "

Don Lemon

Out

Community

" When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you. "