Ann Curry quotes:

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart.

People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy.

When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don't have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done.

I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.

When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt.

If you can have faith in your real self, you'll suffer less. Be bold about who you really are.

Journalism is an act of faith in the future

Never ever give up, even - and especially when - there's no chance of winning

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

World Refugee Day is a reminder that there is no 'us' and 'them.' There is only us, one human family, connected in ways we sometimes forget.

Maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.

I have called the co-host job at the 'Today Show' my dream job, and I would be lying if I said it was easy to leave that job.

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature... But now that I can see my life on my face, I realize we earn the way we end up looking. Time, it seems, gives us all a chance to really be beautiful.

I don't always understand my worth.

I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me.

In the end, I want to be able to say, 'My life was what I made it.

I'm sorry I couldn't carry the ball over the finish line, but, man, I did try.

I try to do stories that make a difference -- stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear -- and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

It's time to be bold about who you really are.

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