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I think one of the most important things we did as a party this cycle is we didn’t nominate any cavemen. It’s very hard to climb out from under that…anytime somebody said something boneheaded on our side of the aisle, we’d pounce on that and say, ‘You don’t speak for Republicans; that’s not our position.’

Nov 19, 2014

Katie Packer Gage, New York Magazine
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If you are against everything Joni Ernst or Mia Love stand for, then this election was bad for you and the policies you care about, not bad for women. It should be obvious, but ‘women’ - half the population - are not a uniform voting block with uniform ideas about what is best for them.

Nov 07, 2014

Jessica Grose, Slate
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[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
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There’s a prevailing idea that there’s something ethically wrong with being poor, and that America’s run according to Christian values. But when people are practicing genuine Christian values, they themselves are directly prosecuted…Let’s bear in mind that America just had midterm elections where $4 billion was spent on campaigning — [campaigning] is just telling you that something’s good. But feeding the homeless? That’s illegal.

Nov 07, 2014

Russell Brand, Episode of “The Trewsbelow” on YouTube
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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
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I don't get it. No disrespect to Kim [Kardashian] but... people are offended by my breastfeeding selfies and are fine with her - amazing - booty cover?

Nov 12, 2014

Alyssa Milano, Twitter
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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
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You're much more pleasant to debate than Joe Biden.

Oct 13, 2014

Paul Ryan, After Wisconsin’s first congressional debate of the 2016 year
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And I remember all kinds of times when I've had the same thoughts that you've had about that city, about that situation, about those schools. Now that's us. Now that's my alma mater.

Oct 24, 2014

Nik Baumgart, Vigil for the victims of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting
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We as black people are never going to be successful - not because of you white people - but because of other black people…For some reason, we are brainwashed to think, ‘if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.’ It's a dirty, dark secret in the black community.

Oct 25, 2014

Charles Barkley, Interview on
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