Don Lemon Quotes
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If I have my opinion about something, you have your opinion about something, we don't have to fight over it. And we can have a conversation. We can also disagree without being disagreeable, and we can just disagree, which is fine. It doesn't mean that I don't like you, or you don't like me. We just disagree.
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I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school.
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I don't watch the media that much.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I believe in diversity in front of and behind the camera.
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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.
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Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
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It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented.
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You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.
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When someone is in our tribe, I think it's particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we're used to their facial features.
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I'm a citizen of the world.
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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.
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I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.
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When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.
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I abhor hypocrisy.
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Learn to love being black.
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I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard.
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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!'
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In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'
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I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.
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Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.
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I'm not concerned with what people think of me.