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Talking Points —DR. CHRISTINA GHALY, L.A. COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR
“ THE CONFLUENCE OF COVID INTO THE PROTESTS INTO ALL OF THE DEBATE ABOUT DEFUNDING THE P OLICE—I CAN’ T IMAGINE A DARKER PERIOD.” —New york city P olice C ommissioner Dermot She a
“I THINK I’D SEEN THE DA VINCI CODE BEFORE, BUT I DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOME ACTOR.” —Actress Helena Zengel, 12, on being cast opposite Tom Hanks in News of the World
“I have thanked the Lord hundreds of times that I wasn’t out in the middle of Texas on a tour bus, miles away from a hospital. It was a major blessing I didn’t have a heart attack.”
Helena Zengel
“Give the people $2000.” —President d onald Trump
—rick y sk aggs af ter quadruple bypass Dermot Shea
“I hope that people will remember her the way that I do—always with a smile on her face.” —Tina Louise on the death of her Gilligan’s Island co-star Dawn Wells
“ON A PURELY SOCIAL LEVEL, I DON’T KNOW THAT REPORTING CRITICALLY ON JOE BIDEN WILL FEEL AS SAFE FOR REPORTERS. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET YASS QUEEN–ED TO DEATH.” —Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
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J a n ua r y 15, 2021 Ricky Skaggs
F RO M L E F T: M I C H A E L B RO C H ST E I N / S O PA I M AG E S / L I G H T RO C K E T/G E T T Y; J O H N S H E A R E R / W I R E I M AG E /G E T T Y; G R E G O R F I S C H E R / P I CT U R E A L L I A N C E /G E T T Y
“Soon, there won’t be anyplaces for these ambulances to go.”
