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" Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times. "

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" I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day. "

" The thread that has always connected my family was the news. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I have an incredible phobia of divorce. "

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

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" I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly. "

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" I've been given an opportunity to make a difference. "

Make A Difference

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows. "

" You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother. "

" When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy. "

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

" 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 all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion. "

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

" When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job. "

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

" 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. "

" I laugh about it all the time, but, for whatever reason, a lot of people think that I wear a wig. I get emails and tweets about people commenting on my hair being a wig. It's one of the strangest but most entertaining things I've read about myself online. "

" I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally. "

" I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with. "

" I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down. "

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