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" 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. "

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Tamron Hall

Day

Feel

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

" 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. "

Tamron Hall

Life

Night

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

" So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.' Well, yes I am. From where I've come from and my family and what I see as real struggles in day to day life, through my reporting. I'm never going to look at challenges. "

" What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock. "

Tamron Hall

Talk

First

" We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges. "

Tamron Hall

Challenges

Roadblocks

" I have an incredible phobia of divorce. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party. "

Tamron Hall

Time

Party

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

Tamron Hall

Kids

Braces

" 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. "

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

" 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'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. "

" Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other. "

" I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too. "

Tamron Hall

Watch

Love

" I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back. "

Tamron Hall

Jeans

Security

" Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time. "

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

" I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa. "

" 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. "

" Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others. "

" I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous. "

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

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

" When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself. "

" Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline. "