Tamron Hall Quotes
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Al Roker is one of the most sensible people you'll ever meet. He's raised two daughters and a son. And I love him, in that as jovial as he is, he's a straight shooter. He's a New Yorker, as they say.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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I have an incredible phobia of divorce.
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I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day.
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Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.
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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.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times.
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I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows.
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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.
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Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others.
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We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?
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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.
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The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you!
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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.
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When I came to Philadelphia in the late '80s, it was going through a very difficult time.
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I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'
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I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
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I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value.