I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that … - Lester Holt

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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Lester Holt

I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers.

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I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off. ' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not. ' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now. '

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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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I like to report. I like to go to the newsmakers. I like to get out. I've heard about people talking about the anchor as the voice of god. That set is not an altar. It's a great job, I love doing it, but I don't take that role as my identity - the anchorman - it sounds very old-fashioned.

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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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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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