Quotations in the News

“He was a tremendous bolt of lightning, created by Mother Nature out of thin air, a fantastic combination of power and beauty.” — Comedian Billy Crystal, eulogizing Muhammad Ali during services in the boxer’s hometown of Louisville, Ky.

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“No one should be judged by their race or their colour and the colour of their skin. We’re going to bring our nation together.” — Donald Trump, striking a more welcoming tone during a speech Friday. The GOP presumptive presidential nominee is facing criticism for suggesting a judge’s Mexican heritage biased him in a case against the now-defunct Trump University.

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“I hope that this atlas will finally open the eyes of people to light pollution.” — Fabio Falchi, lead author of a new global atlas of such pollution, published as part of a scientific paper showing that more than a third of the world’s population can no longer see the Milky Way because of man-made lights.