My son was 12 years old, just a baby, a baby, my baby, the youngest out of four…I want to thank the nation for supporting us. That’s the only way I’m standing today - that I’m standing right now.
Dec 13, 2014
Samaria Rice, Justice for All March in Washington DC
Samaria Rice, Justice for All March in Washington DC
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I hear a lot of people say, 'Hey, it's been two years, things should be getting better.' But experts tell us from a recovery standpoint, [Newtown is] in its infancy.
Dec 14, 2014
Melissa Glaser, The Newtown Bee
Melissa Glaser, The Newtown Bee
[Sandy Hook] was the one that was supposed to make a difference. It wasn't a high school. The victims were 20 first graders, 6-year-olds, along with six staff members. But the numbers indicate nothing much has changed. Sandy Hook turned out to be not a call to action, but a gruesome standard from which all inaction can be judged.
Nov 08, 2014
Mike Gudgell, ABC News article
Mike Gudgell, ABC News article
Sandy Hook turned out to be not a call to action, but a gruesome standard from which all inaction can be judged.
Nov 08, 2014
Mike Gudgell, ABC News article
Mike Gudgell, ABC News article
[Robin Williams] made all these people feel great. And at the same time, knowing that he had this sense of … what I make up in my mind - this low sense of self-worth, of belonging, of loneliness, of pain that all the money in the world can't cure. All the accolades and awards, and all the love from people all over the world … all that love could still not stop that man from saying, 'I am in so much pain.'
Nov 04, 2014
Wayne Brady, Entertainment Tonight interview
Wayne Brady, Entertainment Tonight interview
Fed by a strong desire to use his life to save the lives of others, Abdul-Rahman was drawn to the camps that are filled with displaced families and to understaffed hospitals inside Syria. We know he found his home amongst the Syrian people, and he hurt when they were hurting.
Nov 16, 2014
Ed and Paula Kassig, Statement released to the public
Ed and Paula Kassig, Statement released to the public
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Boko Haram particularly targets schools because they are soft targets. And they represent everything the group is against - Western education, lifestyle and civilization.
Nov 10, 2014
Ahmed Idris, Reporting for Al Jazeera from Lagos in Nigeria
Ahmed Idris, Reporting for Al Jazeera from Lagos in Nigeria
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The thing about Scandal and House of Cards that makes [them] fun to watch is I can't imagine that either a president [Kevin] Spacey or the president's chief of staff on Scandal could really get away with murder. I wish I'd known about that [ability] when I was in office. You know, think of all of the opportunities I missed. So little time, so many people that have it coming.
Nov 11, 2014
Bill Clinton, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Bill Clinton, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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Let`s face it, the city is really in a panic at this point in anticipation of this [grand jury] decision…On behalf of [Michael Brown’s] family, I reiterate for the umpteenth time - and they wanted me to make it crystal clear - they do not advocate any violence, any looting, any rioting. They are totally against that.
Nov 21, 2014
Anthony Gray, Press Conference
Anthony Gray, Press Conference
I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it…You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.
Oct 11, 2014
Chris Christie, Speech at the annual New Jersey NAACP conference
Chris Christie, Speech at the annual New Jersey NAACP conference
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