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" There's a number of places I've wanted to go but it's been determined too risky or that I'm relatively well-known, and therefore it might not be wise for me to pop up in this place. "

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" I think viewers realize that people are a lot more three-dimensional than TV has traditionally portrayed them, particularly in news. "

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" I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12 - there was a lot of sharing, and a lot of talking, and a lot of asking how I am. They thought we were dating, and I was sort of hoping to meet their brothers. "

" Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it. "

" The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death. "

" I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually. "

" If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way. "

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Someone

" The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it. "

" I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. "

" The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud. "

" Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss. "

" Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life. "

" I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop. "

" I've never been a Burger King person. I'm a total McDonald's person. "

" I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it. "

" If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more. "

Anderson Cooper

Things

Outsider

" I still feel like I'm learning a lot and have a lot to learn and improve on. "

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Learn

Feel

" A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering. "

" Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly. "

" I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done. "

" I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb. "

" Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both. "

" That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it. "

" There are some people who are Burger King people, and there are some people who are McDonald's people. "

" It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that. "

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