Quotations in the News

“The stigma that is associated with addiction could well have been what killed him. Maybe he was afraid to seek help. Maybe he sought help before and was treated in a disrespectful and unproductive way.” -Addiction author Maia Szalavitz on whether Prince might have died from an opioid overdose.

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“Maybe this is the way Kim Jong Un can protect his family, protect his people, protect his country. If I was in his position, sometimes I think I might do the same thing. Well, sometimes.” -An exiled North Korean living in South Korea, on Kim Jung Un’s nuclear missile tests.

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“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” -Former House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, on GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz.