Voices
QUOTED
HUFFINGTON
04.07.13
“It shouldn’t have to
affect you directly
before it matters.”
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; SCOTT OLSON/
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—Cleopatra CowleyPendleton, whose
The day that we
invaded Iraq was
the first time in my life
that I was ashamed to call
myself an American.
daughter was shot and killed
a week after performing in
President Barack Obama’s
second inauguration, echoed
the president’s plea for
lawmakers to move a package
of gun policy reforms forward
—HuffPost commenter question99,
on Iraq attacks across Baghdad
that killed 65 and wounded hundreds
“They’re called
‘privates’ for
a reason. I’m
wearing pants,
for f--k’s sake.
Lay off.”
—Jon Hamm
tells Rolling Stone, on how he is
sick and tired of everyone talking
about his nether regions
“Putting pot smokers
in prison with thieves,
rapist[s] and murderers
is a waste of tax dollars,
a miscarriage of justice
and makes no sense.”
—HuffPost commenter
SouthernMan2,
on Maryland’s Senate
passing a bill to
decriminalize marijuana