Quotes by Don Lemon

About Don Lemon:

Don Lemon is an American journalist and television news anchor. He is based in New York and currently hosts CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.
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The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.

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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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Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric.

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Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me.

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If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.

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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.

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

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

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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 t...

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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.

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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.'

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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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I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.

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I love old school rock and roll.

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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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Learn to love being black.

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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.

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It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

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Author Bio

  • NameDon Lemon
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist and news anchor
  • BornMarch 1, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist