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There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.

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Black, White, Nothing, Story

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

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Always, Talker, Listener, Asian

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.

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World, Consciousness, Level, Events

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

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Lead, Becoming, Many, Obese

I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.

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Enough, Used, Naturally, Twig

We're doing a partial green nursery and trying as hard as we can to do as much organic stuff for our nursery as we can.

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Green, Trying, Doing, Nursery

When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chance of learning more about your own behavior.

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Chance, Own, More, Good Chance

My first job in TV was hosting this young teen magazine show, and all these high school teenagers showed up from all over Sacramento, California, and they chose four of us to host the show, two boys and two girls. And of the two girls, I was kind of the perky smart one and the other girl was the pretty one.

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Young, Other, TV, Sacramento

Parents are working more than ever before and unable to monitor what kids are eating at home, and schools are selling astronomical amounts of junk food in order to supplement shrinking budgets. It's a ticking time bomb, and America's children are exploding.

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Before, Ticking, Exploding, Junk Food

People are starting to know more about it, but I was blown away by Almaty, Kazakhstan. It's like a future Swiss Alps. It has the potential to be an extraordinary ski resort. It is a city with beautiful mountain scapes.

- Lisa Ling

City, Away, About, Blown Away

I honestly never had the biological need to reproduce until I met my husband. But by the same token, even if we were unsuccessful, we were totally okay with adopting.

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Need, Okay, Honestly, Reproduce

I'm a big Ping-Pong addict. I love it.

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Love, Big, I Love, Addict

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

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Precious, Always, Lasts, I Have Learned

There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we're perfectly content to look into adoption one day, if for some reason we aren't able to have a biological child.

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Reason, Country, Some, Biological

I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, 'Another box arrived!' Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales.

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Always, Sanctuary, Another, Jokes

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.

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Culture, Noise, Where, Bombarded

I think that's something people need to convey because you see all these celebrity moms out there, and the perception is they can do it all, but they have sooo much help. And it's kind of an unfair image to project for many women, because it is really hard, and if you have help, you should indicate you have help.

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Project, Celebrity, I Think, Something People

I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for cardio.

- Lisa Ling

Run, Big, Cardio, Hills

I like crunchy things like Baked Lays.

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Like, Things, Lays, Baked

Make your relationship your number-one priority.

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Relationship, Your, Make, Priority

It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first place. But it takes a multi-pronged approach that has to start with parents. Kids are just too young to understand the consequences of obesity.

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Start, Young, Allow, Obesity

My husband and I try to spend some time every night that I'm home talking without distractions.

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Night, Distractions, Some, Every Night

I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce.

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Love, Side, Joe, Right Side

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will.

- Lisa Ling

Will, Like, Going, Entirely

I don't remember my first trip, but I do remember when my mom took me to Disney World in Orlando. It wasn't the rides but Epcot Center that most fascinated me. It made me want to see those countries that are represented there for real.

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Mom, Remember When, Rides, Disney

Our time on Earth is so random.

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Time, Random, Earth, Our Time

One of the most important things I'm glad we did and am proud of is that we don't have any real grass on our property. It might not be realistic to ask people to pull out their grass, but we'll never have to think about it. We used Smart Grass, and I think it looks beautiful.

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Used, I Think, About, Grass

I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifestyle for a relationship or a family by any means.

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Desire, Means, Conducive, Lifestyle

I started working in television quite young, actually, and I definitely felt very insecure about what I looked like.

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Young, Very, Looked, Insecure

I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.

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Myself, Fancy, Person, Competent

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