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The most important thing to know as a staffer: please let the secret service know before you shoot off the confetti cannons.

Jan 21, 2015

Mary Cheney, Speaking to students at American University
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Dream big, but focus small on those day-to-day things that will get you to your goal.

May 18, 2015

Robin Roberts, During her unscripted commencement address to the 135th Emerson College Undergraduate class
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We are dealing in lethal firearms. I’m not going to let a Nazi shoot in here, or a Klu Klux Klan member in here, either.

Jan 28, 2015

Jan Morgan, FoxNews.Com
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In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.

Feb 07, 2015

Brian Williams, NBC News
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We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform, and we've sucked at it for years.

Feb 02, 2015

Dick Costolo, Internal memo to employees acquired by the Verge
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Tip to people in TV news: If you want out of your contract, just say you want to run for President.

Jan 03, 2015

Greta Van Susteren, Twitter
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Community colleges should be free for those willing to work for it – because, in America, a quality education cannot be a privilege that is reserved for a few. I think it’s a right for everybody who’s willing to work for it.

Jan 09, 2015

Barack Obama, Speech at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville Tennessee
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Two of New York's finest were shot and killed, with no warning, no provocation. They were, quite simply, assassinated -- targeted for their uniform.

Dec 20, 2014

William Bratton, Press Conference
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As doctors and dentists, we share a singular core value that binds us together: an unflinching commitment to improve the lives of our patients. This is our true north. But how this value is reflected in your work – your vision – will be unique to you.

May 29, 2014

Vivek Murthy, Speaking to graduates of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine
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I don’t like [the pressure] that people put on me - on women - that you’ve failed yourself as a female because you haven’t procreated…This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don’t want to be a mother, and how selfish that is…Even saying it gets me a little tight in my throat.

Dec 15, 2014

Jennifer Aniston, Allure magazine interview
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