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On this day long ago, a child was born who - by age 30 - would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton - born Dec 25, 1642.

Dec 25, 2014

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Twitter
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We forget these are criminals they're out there apprehending. [Mayor] De Blasio's out there on the front lines defending these criminals. But the people who are defending his own family, he's not out here for. And I find it disgraceful…As the leader of this city, he needs to show a little more support for the cops. They're the ones that are dying for us. Simple.

Dec 22, 2014

Bernice Cruz, Fox News
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The decision…to announce the [Ferguson] decision at 8:30 p.m. CT was foolish and dangerous. Here's the thing about that time of night: it's dark. Anyone – anyone! - should have known the decision in the Brown case would have been controversial. A decision not to indict, which was always possible, even likely, would have been sure to attract protests, even violence. Crowd control is always more difficult in the dark.

Nov 25, 2014

Jeffrey Toobin, CNN op-ed
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…Ray [Rice] understands that violent behavior like this - even one time - is never acceptable. Ray told the truth and has fully accepted responsibility for his actions, which allowed us to work together at improving ourselves and get to the better place we are [at] today.

Nov 28, 2014

Janay Rice, Speaking to ESPN's Jemele Hill
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It takes a lot of effort ... for an examiner to go out and look at court reports, look at judges' documents, try to find a final disposition so we can get back to a gun dealer on whether they can sell that gun or not. And we don't always get back to them.

Nov 26, 2014

Kimberly Del Greco, Associated Press interview
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My favorite athlete ever is Magic Johnson. Magic Johnson's all about passing. It's all about, like, setting up players, setting up people. I like dishing out and watching somebody jam. Actually, I get great pleasure from that.

Nov 30, 2014

Chris Rock, CBS Sunday Morning
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I hate white people who come to me with all their race-related questions. Like, go read a book. I am not your literal Encyclopedia Brown.

Nov 15, 2014

Alexis Wilkinson, Twitter
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The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race…It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded.

Dec 02, 2014

Stephen Hawking, BBC
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You know, maybe there was a little hanky-panky [when I lived in The White House]. There was like maybe a kiss on the roof.

Dec 04, 2014

Jenna Bush Hager, Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live!”
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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
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