Quotations in the News

“It’s just puzzling. This is the issue on which he rose to prominence in the primary and the issue on which he continues to stake much of his campaign.” — Lanhee Chen, who has served as a policy adviser to several Republican presidential candidates, on how Donald Trump has seemingly wavered on his immigration policy.

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“There is some depth and some truth to what he was doing. I think he could have picked a better platform and a better way to do it, but every day they say athletes are so robotic and do everything by the book and then when somebody takes a stand like that, he gets his head chopped off.” — Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman on San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision not to stand during the national anthem to draw attention to what he considers police brutality.

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“Gene Wilder was one of the funniest and sweetest energies ever to take a human form. If there’s a heaven he has a Golden Ticket.” — Jim Carrey in a tweet after the “Young Frankenstein” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” actor died at 83.