"I didn't get to college until my 20s, because I was a young father on welfare and had to take all kind of jobs to support my young son. There's what frames my view on the topics I discuss on my shows, and the average person relates to that. No matter how many degrees I have now, I lived that life, and that comes through to the people watching."

-- Michael Eric Dyson

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“Meteorologists have the right perspective. They ground themselves in the current conditions (todayâ€™s highs/lows). They briefly acknowledge significant events of the past (record temps). And they keep an eye on the future (five-day forecast). Honor your past accomplishments, live in the present moment, and look to the future.”
“Prison Break really changed me to somebody that can put butts in seats.”
“I could smell myself awake with that coffee.”
“I had a friend who got pregnant at age 14 and wasn't quite sure who the father was. Her paternity test went a little something like this: â€œIf it comes out black, its Darwin's and if it comes out white its Ray's.â€ This is how things were done in the trailer park.”
“When you learn to make everybody happy, you will possess the golden secret of how to milk the contented voters. But do it in such a way that they won't think you want them to vote for you just because you need the money.They need the money, and besides, they can think up other reasons if they try.”
“There's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still swells my chest. There's magic in that.... It tells me that's the way things are supposed to be.”

Source : “On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation” by Glenn Greenwald, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2013.
“Yes, I have made a woman cry.”
“The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally, and environmentally.”

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