Quotations in the News

“We can really get in there and really get a handle on this fire and really get a death grip on it.” — Chad Morrison of Alberta Wildfire after officials said they had reached a turning point in fighting an enormous wildfire in the Canadian oil sands town of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

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“I’m certainly a ‘Never Hillary’ person but I may also be a ‘Never Trump’ person. It’s a nightmare. I’m living in a nightmare.” — Melanie Sorensen, 42, describing her concerns about the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

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“I’m not a disrespectful person. So if anybody thinks I’m being disrespectful to a country, then they don’t know who Dwyane Wade is.” — Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade after video showed him taking a few extra warm-up shots as “O Canada” was performed before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Toronto Raptors.