Human Nature | Contemporary Quotations

The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was. They [should be] treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year…Fix society. Please.

Dec 28, 2014

Leelah Alcorn, Suicide note scheduled to post online after her death

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Gov. Mario Cuomo will be remembered as one of the great inspirational leaders of our time…I learned from Gov. Cuomo's example and will always be grateful for his wisdom and generosity. His legacy continues to serve as a guide for me.

Jan 01, 2015

Kirsten Gillibrand, Twitter

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My brother was Muslim, and he was killed by people who pretend to be Muslims. They are terrorists, that's it.

Jan 10, 2015

Malek Merabet, Press Conference

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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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Category: Human Nature

Gov. Mario Cuomo will be remembered as one of the great inspirational leaders of our time…I learned from Gov. Cuomo's example and will always be grateful for his wisdom and generosity. His legacy continues to serve as a guide for me.

My brother was Muslim, and he was killed by people who pretend to be Muslims. They are terrorists, that's it.

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.