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Albums – like books and black lives - they still matter.

Feb 08, 2015

Prince, 57th Annual Grammy Awards
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They say that nothing is going to be accomplished here; the division is wider than ever, so gridlock will be even greater. No, this won’t be done in a tidy way. The battle of ideas never ends, and, frankly, never should.

Jan 06, 2015

John Boehner, Addressing the House chamber after being reelected Speaker
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The movie Selma is a story about the American Civil Rights movement that totally worked and now everything is fine.

Jan 12, 2015

Tina Fey, Presenting at the 2015 Golden Globe awards
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[We remember] Martin Luther King as an idea, Selma as an idea…what can happen with strategy, with discipline, and with love.

Jan 18, 2015

Oprah Winfrey, Speaking to marchers
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When I have children, I'm going to tell them to aspire to be third-string quarterbacks.

Jan 13, 2015

Chantel Jennings, Twitter
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Americans can directly relate to attacks on freedom of speech. They can directly relate to terrorism. And the impact in France is being compared to the impact of 9/11 in the United States. Boko Haram, by contrast, is viewed as a kind of civil war ... and it's all happening a very long way away.

Jan 13, 2015

John Campbell, CNN
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If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments -- but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

Jan 20, 2015

Barack Obama, 2015 State of the Union Address
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We will never forget your sons and daughters who have died on our soil. They are now our sons and daughters.

Dec 28, 2014

Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Flag-lowering ceremony
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The actual name - Steve Urkel - he is a friend of…one of our producers. And he can’t order pizza. I don’t think he’s had a decent phone order of anything in the last 20 years.

Dec 09, 2014

Jaleel White, HuffPost Live
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Ok, that’s the show. From eternity, I’m Stephen Colbert. Jon?

Dec 18, 2014

Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
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