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I was pummeled with narrowed, pointed questions that dissected my personal life, love life, past life, family life, inane questions, accumulating trivial details to try and find an excuse for this guy who had me half naked before even bothering to ask for my name.

Jun 09, 2016

Stanford rape survivor, Buzzfeed News
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What we saw yesterday was a coup. We’ll remain peaceful, but we will not be taken for fools. We must defend our country.

Oct 22, 2016

Henrique Capriles, Associated Press
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As you know France declared an initial state of emergency for three months then prolonged it for another three months. Then they prolonged it for another three months. So there is no obstacle in terms of prolonging it… Initially of course it is three months but after three months we can ask for a second three month period and extend it.

Jul 22, 2016

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Euronews
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The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.

Jul 08, 2016

David Brown, Washington Post
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It was just a massive crowd of screaming people. Some were falling over themselves. A poor chap in a wheelchair was just left, and everyone just rushed to the back of the building, and then people ran the other way and no one really seemed to know what was going on.

Jul 01, 2016

Lawrence Cameron, CNN
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The entire nation deeply identifies with the family's pain and declares to the murderers: You will not break us.

Jul 01, 2016

Benjamin Netanyahu, CBS News
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The entire city of Dallas feels this to its core. We are grieving with them. I ask you say a prayer for the officers and their families. Keep them in your thoughts.

Jul 08, 2016

Barack Obama, CNN
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We live off this image as an open and tolerant place. Homophobic violence has hit crisis levels, and it’s getting worse.

Jul 05, 2016

Jandira Queiroz, New York Times
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The U.S. tells us to give up our nuclear program, is preparing a nuclear attack against us, and on the other hand would tell its allies to have nuclear weapons. Isn't this (a) double standard?

Apr 17, 2016

Ri Jong Ryul, CNN
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It remains a priority for the government to ensure that law enforcement can obtain crucial digital information to protect national security and public safety, either with cooperation from relevant parties, or through the court system when cooperation fails. We will continue to pursue all available options for this mission, including seeking the cooperation of manufacturers and relying upon the creativity of both the public and private sectors.

Mar 29, 2016

Melanie Newman, New York Times
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