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Katy Tur

Profession : Journalist

Birth : October 26, 1983

My mom and dad were 'helicopter parents,' literally. Meaning, I didn't have a nanny, so I went up in the helicopter. My entire early childhood education consisted of tagging along while they reported on car accidents, multiple-alarm fires, and shootouts.

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I was on the campaign trail, covering Donald Trump for two years - and it's really hard to do anything for yourself with a schedule like that. I didn't have time to answer text messages from my friends or go to the gym, let alone get my nails done.

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It's a truth of beat reporting: The bigger your subject gets, the bigger you get.

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The expat life was a good one: There was my French boyfriend. My bright two-bedroom flat in Islington. My wine at lunch. I had a 'go bag' packed with loose linens and mosquito repellent - I was ready to be flung to the outer edges of the world at a moment's notice. It was all intrigue and adventure.

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I have a dream! Someday I'll show my children a map. I will tell them, 'Mommy was here and here and there and there.' That's my dream.

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Generally, I find the hotter the temperature, the cooler I am.

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I think I fundamentally understand the way Trump thinks.

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I've always been an outsider. I think, being in the White House press corps, it's difficult to do the sort of journalism that I would want to do.

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Maybe it's because I'm jaded, but not a lot scares me.

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If you're not competitive, if you're not out to make a mark, you shouldn't be in the news business.

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You don't go after veterans in this country. If there's one thing that's sacrosanct, it is the American military veteran.

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I still doubt myself every single day.

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Donald Trump has advocated violence - I saw him do it several times on the campaign trail.

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It's times of relative calm and ease that I start to wind myself up.

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I think Trump is someone who appreciates and connects with people who hold their own and are strong individuals. I think he can smell weakness, and if you show him weakness, he exploits it, and he doesn't respect you.

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I graduated with a B.A. in philosophy, and it was by far the best major I could have taken in college.

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I have found where I am best, and that is being a fact-checker and being fearless.

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Back in 2006, when I started in the industry, there was a very old-school beauty mentality. We had to take headshots, and the makeup artists put on so much makeup - I swear I looked like a 48-year-old woman, and I was 22.

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For one of my first TV jobs, I was required to cut my hair, dress a certain way, and wear a certain amount of makeup. I was even told to have my hair cut based on a picture in a magazine. I realized that until I complied, I wasn't going to get any airtime.

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I'm a big believer in being the same person on and off TV.

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