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- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been able to reach from the streets to the suites.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could take all the cartoons in the tabloid newspapers, but I couldn't take my daughter punching me in the belly and asking why I was so fat. That was my inspiration to lose the weight. And probably the last time anyone hurt my feelings.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always beat the sun up in the morning. It's the secret to why I'm double trouble.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually lost more weight than I am!
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've gone from, you know, being too close to politicians, to being too close to entertainers, and people's father that I'm not.
- Dignified
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- Nov 07, 2020
In New York, you are competing with Times Square lights and all of that, so you've got to be 300 pounds and crazy to get anyone's attention. Then, you can refine yourself. I always knew under those 300 pounds and tracksuits was a refined, slim, dignified man.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every era going back to Lincoln with Frederick Douglass, presidents talk to those that were leading at that time.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor do I believe that most are bad. But there must be a transparent, impartial and fair system to judge those that engage in criminal or unethical acts.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local prosecutors work alongside local police officers on a regular basis and are therefore conflicted when it comes to prosecuting those same officers. They are under extreme pressure from local police unions and from rank-and-file cops.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people discuss the 1960s and the great Civil Rights Era, they often speak in romantic terms as if there wasn't immense work put in, and as if there wasn't immense sacrifice that took place. But none of those battles were easily fought and won; there were sustained movements behind them.
- Dignified
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- Nov 07, 2020
Demonstrations must be dignified and nonviolent, as the overwhelming protests in Ferguson and Staten Island have been. Do not confuse anarchists who don't want the system to work and thugs who want to exploit a situation with the majority who from day one have operated with impeccable nonviolence and clear goals.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following Michael Brown's death, I went to Ferguson and met with his parents. I stood with them as they tried to hold their heads high and deal with both their immense loss and the larger issues of police-community relations.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
My organization, National Action Network (NAN), was on the ground talking and meeting with people in Ferguson, just as we did in Staten Island following Eric Garner's death.
- Guilt
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Staten Island, when you have video showing the alleged chokehold used on Eric Garner, why not go to trial and have the officer(s) explain the tape, and then this jury can determine guilt or innocence? The tape should guarantee that there should be a trial.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020