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" You have to understand that Roger Ailes was a king. He was on the cover of multiple industry publications as the most powerful man in news. And at Fox News, there was no one else with power. So you didn't want to get on the wrong side of him because he was actually beloved inside the building and very well-liked in the industry. "

Megyn Kelly

King

Building

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" What people don't realize about Donald Trump - and I don't even know if Donald Trump realizes it - is that every tweet he unleashes against you... creates such a crescendo of anger. "

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" I felt the call to this industry because I enjoy broadcast journalism. I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers; I like reading the blogs. I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry. "

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" I try to stay off Twitter. "

" If I were Sarah Palin, would I want to sit in an interview with someone who was secretly out to get me? Probably not. "

" Somebody saying something offensive to you or insulting to you is not pleasant, but it's part of life. "

" I keep my head down, my mouth shut and work hard. "

" Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are. "

" When I went to law school, which I put myself through for $100,000 dollars of debt, I didn't expect anybody to pay for my health insurance, which I had none of. No health insurance. "

" My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not-so-great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go when I cover those stories on the news. I'm more empathetic, more relatable because of them. "

" Before I got into TV, I wasn't fashionable at all. "

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" Nobody really knows my true feelings on a lot of issues. "

" I was not the only journalist to whom Trump offered gifts clearly meant to shape coverage. Many reporters have told me that Trump worked hard to offer them something fabulous - from hotel rooms to rides on his 757. "

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" I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me! "

" I - listen, racism - being a racist is the worst thing you can say about somebody. I mean, it is such a charged accusation. And I really think people should be very careful before they level that. "

" I'm not a barbarian. "

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" I think that 'Fox News' is fair and balanced. "

" I had more sexist encounters as a lawyer than I had as a journalist. "

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" I have the humor of a 9-year-old boy, and sometimes I've had laughing fits on-air. "

" I was a big Jay Leno fan, so I was sorry to see him go. But my number one person that I watch, she's not late night, but in terms of the comedian genre, is Ellen DeGeneres - love her. "

" Oftentimes it feels like Fox stands alone in the media on certain stories. "

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" You will never catch me in a dress without a pair of Spanx and a bra. "

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" As a lawyer, I could engage in killer litigation with the best of them. It was war, after all. "

" Television can be a very fickle place. "

" I think people have an idea of what Fox News is. If people don't watch Fox News, then it's just a caricature, it's not real, they have it in their heads that it's something very different than what it actually is. "

" There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me. "

" It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person. "