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" When I left 'American Morning' in 2007, I'd focused on doing documentaries. But I thought 'Starting Point' was a great opportunity to be involved in the zeitgeist. "
Soledad O'Brien
Morning
Great
Opportunity
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" I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that? "
Soledad O'Brien
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" As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if they see themselves in what you report. It doesn't hurt if the people doing the reporting look like them, too. "
Soledad O'Brien
Look
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" Being an entrepreneur is a mindset. You have to see things as opportunities all the time. I like to do interviews. I like to push people on certain topics. I like to dig into the stories where there's not necessarily a right or wrong answer. "
Soledad O'Brien
Opportunities
Time
Mindset
" When I took a couple of years to do the documentaries after I left 'American Morning' - what was I gone for, five years? - I didn't feel that I was floating under the radar. "
Soledad O'Brien
Morning
American
Feel
" I come to New Orleans so often that, one day soon, someone's going to declare me a native. I love the food. I love the music. I serve on the board of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. "
Soledad O'Brien
Day
Jazz
Love
" CNN, a part of the Time Warner company, lives for news about everything and anyone. In the office, the bosses openly discuss the need for a diverse staff and diverse stories, and each time we draw new viewers, the effort intensifies. "
Soledad O'Brien
News
Company
Effort
" CoverGirl's Girls CAN movement is perfectly aligned with my passion for helping young women overcome life's challenges, and my commitment to highlighting girls' successes. I am thrilled to partner with CoverGirl to embark on this exciting journey to improve the lives of girls and women in the world. "
Soledad O'Brien
Life
I Am
Journey
" I started a lecture series that was inspired by my reporting on race in America. The 'Black in America' series launched on CNN in 2007 as an opportunity to freshen the national conversation on race. "
Soledad O'Brien
Race
Black
America
" To me, Jeff Zucker is synonymous with winning. He's an incredible news executive. "
Soledad O'Brien
Incredible
Winning
He
" I've never taken fashion too seriously. I try to enjoy it. "
Soledad O'Brien
Enjoy
Fashion
Never
" Am I a liberal or conservative? I'm neither. Like most Americans, I find politics very frustrating. Like most Americans, I'd like to hear from politicians the facts. That is what drives me. "
Soledad O'Brien
Me
Politics
Politicians
" I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times. "
Soledad O'Brien
Technology
Change
Job
" I covered Katrina, I've covered the tsunamis, all of them, the Haiti earthquake... you get to a certain point in your career where you say, 'I want to now cover what I want to cover.' "
Soledad O'Brien
Want
You
Now
" At screenings for 'Black in America,' I've heard people say, 'Well you know, I never thought you were black until you did Katrina, and then I thought you were black.' "
Soledad O'Brien
Thought
Black
Know
" On Sunday night, my husband makes a five-course family dinner. "
Soledad O'Brien
Family
Dinner
Sunday
" I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother's black. I'm black because I grew up in a family of all black people. I knew I was black because I grew up in an all-white neighborhood. And my parents, as part of their protective mechanisms that they were going to give to us, made it very clear what we were. "
Soledad O'Brien
Family
Black
People
" My trademark at CNN was really asking insightful questions and making sure people are understanding the connections in humanity, and I think that is the core of education. "
Soledad O'Brien
Think
People
Education
" At Al Jazeera, the first story I did was to sit down with a former Haitian dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and grill him about crimes against humanity. Al Jazeera is giving me the opportunity to tell important stories and stories that I want to tell. "
Soledad O'Brien
Opportunity
Me
Giving
" I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller. "
Soledad O'Brien
Think
Myself
Journalist
" I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian. "
Soledad O'Brien
Dad
Black
White
" At Harvard I was taking an African-American studies class, and we were reading about the tragic mulatto. Invariably, the tragic mulatto can't fit in either world and flings herself off a bridge. So I'm reading, and I'm like, 'Oh, my God, I think I'm in literature,' but my life was never like that. "
Soledad O'Brien
World
Think
Reading
" HBO is undeniably a leader in meaningful storytelling in a wide array of formats. I'm honored to join the REAL SPORTS team and look forward to continuing my fervor for uncovering unique and impactful stories. "
Soledad O'Brien
Unique
Team
Sports
" We have a foundation, the Soledad O'Brien Starfish Foundation. We send girls to and through college. We started-off saying we send girls to college, but to do so is not enough. Seeing them through college is the key. "
Soledad O'Brien
College
Saying
Key
" What I think is great style advice that people have told me is that people who are confident look beautiful. No matter what they're wearing, no matter if they're inappropriately dressed, no matter if their hair's not really done right, eyebrows haven't been tweezed. "
Soledad O'Brien
Style
Beautiful
Hair
" There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives. "
Soledad O'Brien
Success
Inspirational
Education
" It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge. "
Soledad O'Brien
Law
God
Judge
" The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops. "
Soledad O'Brien
People
Love
Great
" When I was leaving NBC News to go to CNN, people would say, 'What?! Why would you possibly leave the 'Today Show' to go to cable?' If I would've listened to people, I would've been on a great platform, but I wouldn't have grown as a journalist. So far, most of the steps in my career have been really good. "
Soledad O'Brien
Good
People
Great
" My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in a white community living in Long Island, N.Y., where no one had a clue what to do with it. "
Soledad O'Brien
Hair
Long
Journey
" If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something. "
Soledad O'Brien
Well
You
People