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" We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that? "

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" 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 will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things. "

" 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. "

" I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able to conceive, I just hope that I'm able to give someone as beautiful a life as my parents gave me. "

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

" I've been engaged a couple times. "

" 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. "

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

" I have an incredible phobia of divorce. "

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

" I'm definitely a foodie. "

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

Asking Questions

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

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

" Everything I ask is a question from Tamron, like it or not. My team does not write my questions. We put together a segment. We talk about the elements that I want, but we have a conversation for that hour with our guests. "

" I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges. "

" I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Black And White

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

" 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. "

" Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers. "

" It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work. "

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

" When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time. "