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Nicholas Sparks is getting divorced. When he has a hard time dating, he'll only have the unrealistic standards he created to blame.

Jan 06, 2015

Craig Calcaterra, 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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[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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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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[Tamir Rice’s sister] could not reach him. Her arms could not cradle his body and plead for him to hang on. Her hands could not stroke his cheek, and she could not whisper hopefully, ‘It’s going to be O.K.’ Her eyes could not gaze into his and say what sisters are able to say without saying anything: ‘I love you.'

Jan 11, 2015

Charles M. Blow, New York Times

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Anyone who's standing with us, we want you to not use Eric Garner's name for violence, because we are not about that. I'm standing here in sorrow about losing those two police officers.

Dec 21, 2014

Gwen Carr, Speaking to reporters

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The…problem in acknowledging good news - not just for the press but for the public - is that it has come to feel partisan, like an endorsement of whoever occupies the White House.

Dec 24, 2014

Michael Grunwald, Politico

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Wrongful convictions are a slow, torturous process. It would be so much simpler to be choked out and die at the hands of a cop than to spend the rest of your life in hell based on the malicious acts of a cop.

Dec 05, 2014

Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez, Letter to reporter Dan Slepian - Investigative Producer at Dateline NBC

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Isn’t 007 supposed to [be] handsome? Glad you think I’ve got a shot!

Dec 27, 2014

Idris Elba, Twitter

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Stuart [Scott]'s flair and finesse brought flavor and coolness to ESPN, and he opened the door for many other minorities to follow in his footsteps. Stuart, my brother, you have left a positive, lasting impression on not only the sports world, but the entire world as a whole.

Jan 04, 2015

Magic Johnson, Twitter

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Category: Human Nature

Nicholas Sparks is getting divorced. When he has a hard time dating, he'll only have the unrealistic standards he created to blame.

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.

[We remember] Martin Luther King as an idea, Selma as an idea…what can happen with strategy, with discipline, and with love.

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.

Anyone who's standing with us, we want you to not use Eric Garner's name for violence, because we are not about that. I'm standing here in sorrow about losing those two police officers.

The…problem in acknowledging good news - not just for the press but for the public - is that it has come to feel partisan, like an endorsement of whoever occupies the White House.

Wrongful convictions are a slow, torturous process. It would be so much simpler to be choked out and die at the hands of a cop than to spend the rest of your life in hell based on the malicious acts of a cop.

Isn’t 007 supposed to [be] handsome? Glad you think I’ve got a shot!

Stuart [Scott]'s flair and finesse brought flavor and coolness to ESPN, and he opened the door for many other minorities to follow in his footsteps. Stuart, my brother, you have left a positive, lasting impression on not only the sports world, but the entire world as a whole.