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" When you learn, you grow. You have to stretch, and it's not easy. You know, if you're working out your muscles, if you're doing whatever, it's gonna hurt a little bit. "

Don Lemon

Doing

You

Easy

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" I am a big devourer of James Baldwin. "

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" I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.' "

" There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar! "

" I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can? "

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" I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist. "

" I think secrets are something that you keep or are afraid to share because you think they're going to harm you in some way. So if you don't have any secrets, then there's no way anyone can harm you. "

" I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that. "

" Can the president really blame Fox News for his problems? "

" I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay. "

" I abhor hypocrisy. "

Don Lemon

Hypocrisy

Abhor

" We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner. "

" Some people are saying, 'Justin Bieber is racist.' Is he? I don't know. "

" Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have. "

" African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country. "

" The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it. "

" In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about. "

Don Lemon

You

Nothing

" When people ask me why I'm amazed at what Barack Obama has accomplished, I tell them it's not because of what most of America and the world sees and knows of his history. It's because I witnessed what I can only describe as a bizarre turn of events that thrust him into position to even become a U.S. senator. "

Don Lemon

People

Why

" I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge. "

" More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. "

Don Lemon

Out

Community

" People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the time! 'And after a moment, I would go, 'I am Don Lemon!' "

" Think about just how much we'd get accomplished if we collectively viewed the people with whom we came into contact as just an American and not an American with a prefix. "

" There's a degree of deception in silence. "

" If I had had someone like me who had chosen to live their lives out and proud, there would be no need for the Tyler Clementis of the world. "

" More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that. "

" I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth. "

" I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard. "

" When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you. "

" I like all kinds of music. I hope you do, too. "

Don Lemon

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Hope