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Let me be very clear: the single most offensive name that you can call an American Indian is ‘Redskin.’

Jan 22, 2015

Brian Cladoosby, State of the Indian Nations address
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This isn’t ISIS; no one’s dying. We’ll get through this.

Jan 22, 2015

Tom Brady, Press Conference
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Oprah marched on Selma this weekend. She has a dream that Selma shall overcome The Wedding Ringer at the box office.

Jan 21, 2015

Larry Wilmore, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
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Those people were real. They were mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts, doctors and teachers, poets, wonderful people. Composers. And now they scream in silence. My story is only one story, but it is the story six million others cannot tell. I was, and always shall be, the witness to ... mass murder.

Jan 27, 2015

Gena Turgel, NBC News
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While we’re all obsessed with Deflategate, let’s keep in mind that there’s something about which you should give a f**k. Yes, like Tom Brady, the world is getting hotter and hotter, and you know why? Because we humans are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Jan 26, 2015

Bill Nye, Funny or Die video
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Dream big, but focus small on those day-to-day things that will get you to your goal.

May 18, 2015

Robin Roberts, During her unscripted commencement address to the 135th Emerson College Undergraduate class
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And while there are people of good conscience on both sides of this argument, one thing has become abundantly clear to me: the heavy hand of government must not make this decision for women and families.

Jan 27, 2015

Tim Ryan, Akron Beacon Journal
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In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.

Feb 07, 2015

Brian Williams, NBC News
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We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform, and we've sucked at it for years.

Feb 02, 2015

Dick Costolo, Internal memo to employees acquired by the Verge
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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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