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If anyone touches a hair on a black person, it's international news, whereas the most horrific crimes imaginable are inflicted on whites all the time, and I think the media kind of wants to downplay that. – Bradley Griffin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When we played there last year it was really fun but we were so overcome with horrific nerves that I think when we go back this year we'll be able to enjoy it much more with new confidence really. – Ellie Rowsell	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This was a horrific, heart-wrenching tragedy, she was a wonderful, caring and appreciative client and clearly devoted to her children. – Christine Rossi	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This horrific law is an affront to thousands of households led by same-sex couples, it ignores the tens of thousands of Michiganders who spoke out against it. – Freedom Michigan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The video alone is horrific and inflammatory, anybody who looks at that video without context would have concerns, because it looks terrible. – Jose Velasco	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I told the male actor what to do to the victim, and the actress was cool with not being told how it would happen, it was horrific. I used multiple cameras so we got more coverage as I knew I couldn’t do more than two takes, but showing close-ups only of the face can be more telling as you don’t know what is going on. After filming it, I didn’t sleep very well. – Gabriela Tagliavini	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
If they would become Women Cross the South Korea border, they could actually help stop the horrific violation of North Korean females. – Suzanne Scholte	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This video footage exposes Assad's lies on barrel bombs. It shows the casual and indiscriminate way in which Syrian regime forces are dropping these horrific weapons out of helicopters onto civilians below, we will bring those involved in these criminal acts to justice and will continue to help those caught in attacks by continuing our support of rescue teams working on the ground. – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We don't want to make enemies with any country, but we are fighting narcotics whose impacts are horrific, especially in Indonesia, sAVE OUR BOYS. – Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In the horrific incident in Nangarhar, who took responsibility? The Taliban didn't claim responsibility. Daesh claimed responsibility for it. – President Ashraf Ghani	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The horrific acts that we've heard about -- the death, destruction and devastation that we've heard about -- deserve to be condemned, and the time is now. – Judy Clarke	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The goal for her is to humanize Tsarnaev, of course, that's a difficult challenge for her when the defendant has by the defense team's own admission committed such a horrific act. Yet, it's certainly not impossible. – David Hoose	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Of course, that's a difficult challenge for her when the defendant has by the defense team's own admission committed such a horrific act. Yet, it's certainly not impossible. this is a very hot issue in criminal justice circles these days ... that young men really do not mature fully in terms of the neuroscience until they are in the mid-20s. – David Hoose	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think my problem with it was that this reporter wanted to sensationalize an experience that's not very common, ... And I wonder if it would have been different if (it dealt) with someone with a less horrific story -- something that happens to more people. I think this discredits what a lot of survivors go through. Something this physically horrific is not what everyone goes through. Now it's like, 'If I wasn't assaulted by more than one man then my story is not as worthy of attention.' It's frustrating that this is how rape is portrayed on college campuses because this is not the norm. – Sarah Roderick	Found on CNN 9 years ago
They said, 'If you don't start telling the truth, we're going to offer you or your boyfriend the chance to tell the truth, and whoever goes first will get leniency,' i believe when the truth comes out, people are going to look at each other and say, 'That is the most horrific story I've ever heard. I can't imagine what she's gone through.'. – Jeff Kane	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
This is a horrific scene, this is a nightmare. – Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The parents of the survivors were asked if they wanted to cover their faces and mask their identity to keep their privacy. But they said' No', they're tired of hiding and what they are is angry. They want people to know this is happening, the chief of pediatrics at the hospital shared photographs from waist down of the damage being done to these children, as young as 18 months old. It's horrific. Their bodies have literally been destroyed. – Naama Haviv	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Any case is alarming to me. It's a tragedy, i'm a father. I have seven children, four boys and three girls. I have 19 grandchildren. The thought of one of them as a child or youth being abused is absolutely horrific to me. – Church Elder L. Whitney Clayton	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott addressed Bilardi's alleged suicide attack in comments to the press Thursday. This is a horrific situation -- an absolutely horrific situation -- and it shows the lure of this death cult to impressionable youngsters, it's very, very important that we do everything we can to try to safeguard our young people against the lure of this shocking alien and extreme ideology. – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This harrowing documentary, made with the full support and cooperation of the victim’s parents, provides a revealing insight into a horrific crime that sent shockwaves around the world and led to protests across India demanding changes in attitudes towards women, the film handles the issue responsibly, and we are confident the program fully complies with our editorial guidelines. – The BBC	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
You can't start the story at how he's been treated by UK officials. You certainly can't start the story from the email trail, you have to go back to why the intelligence services got in contact with him. Well, because he was part of a group of a people who were going to join Al-Shabaab -- a very extremist organization and jihadist group that got involved in horrific terrorist attacks in Somalia. – Rashad Ali	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is simply the most horrific, disgusting thing I have seen from Islamic State in the last two years. It is shocking. – Shiraz Maher	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I join my European counterparts in condemning in the strongest terms today's horrific assault by Russia-backed separatists on civilian neighborhoods. – John Kerry	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I cannot tell you how horrific of a feeling that is. – Beth Ferrier	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

If anyone touches a hair on a black person, it's international news, whereas the most horrific crimes imaginable are inflicted on whites all the time, and I think the media kind of wants to downplay that.

– Bradley Griffin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When we played there last year it was really fun but we were so overcome with horrific nerves that I think when we go back this year we'll be able to enjoy it much more with new confidence really.

– Ellie Rowsell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This was a horrific, heart-wrenching tragedy, she was a wonderful, caring and appreciative client and clearly devoted to her children.

– Christine Rossi

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This horrific law is an affront to thousands of households led by same-sex couples, it ignores the tens of thousands of Michiganders who spoke out against it.

– Freedom Michigan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The video alone is horrific and inflammatory, anybody who looks at that video without context would have concerns, because it looks terrible.

– Jose Velasco

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I told the male actor what to do to the victim, and the actress was cool with not being told how it would happen, it was horrific. I used multiple cameras so we got more coverage as I knew I couldn’t do more than two takes, but showing close-ups only of the face can be more telling as you don’t know what is going on. After filming it, I didn’t sleep very well.

– Gabriela Tagliavini

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If they would become Women Cross the South Korea border, they could actually help stop the horrific violation of North Korean females.

– Suzanne Scholte

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This video footage exposes Assad's lies on barrel bombs. It shows the casual and indiscriminate way in which Syrian regime forces are dropping these horrific weapons out of helicopters onto civilians below, we will bring those involved in these criminal acts to justice and will continue to help those caught in attacks by continuing our support of rescue teams working on the ground.

– British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We don't want to make enemies with any country, but we are fighting narcotics whose impacts are horrific, especially in Indonesia, sAVE OUR BOYS.

– Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In the horrific incident in Nangarhar, who took responsibility? The Taliban didn't claim responsibility. Daesh claimed responsibility for it.

– President Ashraf Ghani

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The horrific acts that we've heard about -- the death, destruction and devastation that we've heard about -- deserve to be condemned, and the time is now.

– Judy Clarke

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The goal for her is to humanize Tsarnaev, of course, that's a difficult challenge for her when the defendant has by the defense team's own admission committed such a horrific act. Yet, it's certainly not impossible.

– David Hoose

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Of course, that's a difficult challenge for her when the defendant has by the defense team's own admission committed such a horrific act. Yet, it's certainly not impossible. this is a very hot issue in criminal justice circles these days ... that young men really do not mature fully in terms of the neuroscience until they are in the mid-20s.

– David Hoose

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I think my problem with it was that this reporter wanted to sensationalize an experience that's not very common, ... And I wonder if it would have been different if (it dealt) with someone with a less horrific story -- something that happens to more people. I think this discredits what a lot of survivors go through. Something this physically horrific is not what everyone goes through. Now it's like, 'If I wasn't assaulted by more than one man then my story is not as worthy of attention.' It's frustrating that this is how rape is portrayed on college campuses because this is not the norm.

– Sarah Roderick

Found on CNN
9 years ago

They said, 'If you don't start telling the truth, we're going to offer you or your boyfriend the chance to tell the truth, and whoever goes first will get leniency,' i believe when the truth comes out, people are going to look at each other and say, 'That is the most horrific story I've ever heard. I can't imagine what she's gone through.'.

– Jeff Kane

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This is a horrific scene, this is a nightmare.

– Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The parents of the survivors were asked if they wanted to cover their faces and mask their identity to keep their privacy. But they said' No', they're tired of hiding and what they are is angry. They want people to know this is happening, the chief of pediatrics at the hospital shared photographs from waist down of the damage being done to these children, as young as 18 months old. It's horrific. Their bodies have literally been destroyed.

– Naama Haviv

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Any case is alarming to me. It's a tragedy, i'm a father. I have seven children, four boys and three girls. I have 19 grandchildren. The thought of one of them as a child or youth being abused is absolutely horrific to me.

– Church Elder L. Whitney Clayton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott addressed Bilardi's alleged suicide attack in comments to the press Thursday. This is a horrific situation -- an absolutely horrific situation -- and it shows the lure of this death cult to impressionable youngsters, it's very, very important that we do everything we can to try to safeguard our young people against the lure of this shocking alien and extreme ideology.

– Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This harrowing documentary, made with the full support and cooperation of the victim’s parents, provides a revealing insight into a horrific crime that sent shockwaves around the world and led to protests across India demanding changes in attitudes towards women, the film handles the issue responsibly, and we are confident the program fully complies with our editorial guidelines.

– The BBC

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

You can't start the story at how he's been treated by UK officials. You certainly can't start the story from the email trail, you have to go back to why the intelligence services got in contact with him. Well, because he was part of a group of a people who were going to join Al-Shabaab -- a very extremist organization and jihadist group that got involved in horrific terrorist attacks in Somalia.

– Rashad Ali

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This is simply the most horrific, disgusting thing I have seen from Islamic State in the last two years. It is shocking.

– Shiraz Maher

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I join my European counterparts in condemning in the strongest terms today's horrific assault by Russia-backed separatists on civilian neighborhoods.

– John Kerry

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I cannot tell you how horrific of a feeling that is.

– Beth Ferrier

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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