Lester Holt Quotes

• For 30 years I’ve been schooled in everything from government, and economics, to medicine and international relations. But don’t be impressed. Someone once said being a general assignment reporter simply means you are equally ignorant about most everything. In other words, I know a little about a lot.

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• At the end of the day, I’m reading the news. I’m not digging ditches. I’m not fighting fires. It’s a long day, and it’s a lot of responsibility, and it can be a little bewildering sometimes with the schedule. But, you know, it’s a job, and they pay me well to do a job.

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• As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.

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• Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn’t appreciate it then.

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• A question I’m often asked by viewers is – what do I do when I taste something I don’t like in one of our food segments? First of all you need to know that I like almost everything. Eating makes me hungry. That said, occasionally when something one of our guests whips up is not to my liking I’ll usually say something like ‘mmmmm… interesting.’

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• Journalism is my first love. But music comes in a close second. What’s important for me is that whatever you do, whatever your passion is, you should have another passion – something in your life. And when I put on that musician hat and I put the bass in my hands, I’m not Lester Holt the TV guy anymore. I’m just Lester Holt who likes music.

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• You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You’ve got to be ready to walk through them.

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• Everyone knows I’m black. I am who I am. This is the person that Lester Sr. and June Holt raised, and I make no apology for it. At the same time, I’m never going to pull a race card to get what I want. You can’t have it both ways.

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• You know there’s some great folks, great story telling at ‘Dateline,’ and I’m glad to be a part of it.

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• You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you’re essentially running to things that other people are running away from.

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• Sometimes, I’ll be flipping the channel at home and think, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of me on TV.’

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• I’ve never been one to carry race on my sleeve, and I’ve never been one to really use my race.

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• As a 13, – 14-year-old kid, I’d sit on my bed with a tape recorder and a newspaper. I would do my own newscast. I would practice my diction.

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• A lot of times we work across multiple platforms. We’ll go to Japan working on the tsunami for ‘Nightly News’ and it’ll end up on ‘Dateline.’

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Lester Holt (34)

Birth:	8th March, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Anchor, Journalist, Musician

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