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“Thank you, Mariners fans. You
are the best fans I could ever hope
for. I am so glad that I stayed with
you till the end of my career. I love
you, Seattle fans. Thank you.”
— Edgar Martinez, in his acceptance speech as he was
inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 21, 2019.
“It was exciting, you know?
Watching the candidates tackle
these issues is as close as we get to
having football on ABC anymore.
Reminds me of the old days.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, after watching
one of the Democratic presidential debates
“Apple is not messing around. They’ve
already taken over phones, now they’re
trying to take over watches, they’re
launching TV shows, they’re trying to
take over video games. Yeah, next year,
Popeyes, watch out — they’re going to
come out with a chicken sandwich.”
— Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, about the rollout of
Apple’s latest offerings
“But in the end, the candidates came
together around a unifying message:
Click ‘like’ and subscribe!”
— Stephen Colbert, on The Late Show, after watching two
back-to-back nights of presidential debates in August
fall 2019
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