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I'm completely fine with my career. I feel like I accomplished everything I ever set out to accomplish.

It may or may not sound pretentious. But I've turned down, consciously and specifically, many jobs I knew would have been a pretty surefire way to go about making a lot of money, being recognized and gaining power in the industry.

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.

I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish.

In 59 years I haven’t had to reinvent myself once.

I think every woman should have the skills and confidence to be able to earn a living. A working woman is happy because she has goals beyond herself and her needs.

Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.

I think I enjoy my job more now than I did when I started. When I started in 1996 on a national level, I was 27 and part of me was scared to death.

I want my inner truth to be the plumb line for the choices I make about my life - about the work that I do and how I do it, about the relationships I enter into and how I conduct them.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

For instance, he says I let him play golf, and he says, he lets me be miserable in my job. Now - that doesn't quite sound right, does it? But nonetheless, I think for the first time in my life, I'm not going to be miserable in my life when I come and work at CNN.

Maybe I don't take myself quite as seriously as I used to, but the work has gotten better and more interesting, and I'm just having more fun. It's getting more and more fun with each role.

My improv definitely shows a different side of myself, which is more true to what my real humor is and what my real personality is, and I think - I guess 'wild' is a good word for it. I'm still sweet! But I won't let anyone walk all over me.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I'm just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.

When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.

I had a very good job in corporate America, but I quickly knew that was not how I was wired.

I wish that I did the things that I really believe in, because when I do, my life goes much smoother.

I'm happier in my career now than I've ever been.

Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.

I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.

I don't believe I want to retire, because I just enjoy and love my work so much.