Michel Martin Quotes

• What you might not know is that shortly after she worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, Rosa Parks had to leave her home in Alabama to escape the constant threat of violence.

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  Kings, Home, Might

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• Just some days ago in an administrative order, [Donald Trump] overturned what the FHFA had done to reduce the premiums on people with FHA loans. And so if he's going to help poor people, why would he take away about $500 from the average home buyer, middle-class people?

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  Home, Average, Order

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• I noted, though, that other strong critics of Donald Trump did attend the inauguration. Hillary Clinton went. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders went. I saw Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. I saw Congressman James Clyburn, all of whom have been critics of Donald Trump.

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  Strong, Massachusetts, Vermont

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• Right now, I don't believe [Donald Trump]. I don't trust him.

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  Believe, Trump, Don't Trust

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• When is a game more than a game? So often, we pay lip service to the uplifting power of sports, the teamwork, the camaraderie, the lessons in taming one's own ego for the sake of the group. But you have to wonder, how often is that still really true?

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  Uplifting, Sports, Teamwork

  "Lebron James: 'More Than A Game' - Part II". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 15, 2009.

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• If [Donald Trump] is got a program and an agenda and an infrastructure and all of that that he's going to do, let him come forward.

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  Agendas, Program, Trump

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• If [Donald Trump] comes forward and if he does that, then, of course, there will be some engagement.

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  Doe, Engagement, Trump

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• If [Donald Trump] really has an agenda to help, let him move forward with it. We'll see.

  Michel Martin

  Moving, Agendas, Helping

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• Maxine Waters is a Democrat from California in her 13th term. She is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee. She is among the six-dozen Democratic lawmakers who boycotted Donald's Trump inauguration. She did participate in the women's march.

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  California, Water, House

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• Otherwise, their only engagement I'm going to have with [Donald Trump] is fighting back against their attempts to undo Dodd-Frank, their attempts to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and all of those things.

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  Fighting, Engagement, Dodd Frank

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• Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina also criticized Donald Trump during the campaign, but now she was arguing that the new president deserves a chance to prove himself, and that, perhaps, you know, having a march just the day after his inauguration is kind of disrespectful.

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  Presidential, Campaigns, Chance

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• There's been a lot of study of the demographics this year that could decide this election [2016] and a lot of money being spent targeting voters who could tip the vote.

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  Years, Voters, Election

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• You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the back of a city bus sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts, one of the pivotal moments in the American civil rights movement.

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  Moving, Cities, Names

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• Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter.

  Michel Martin

  Daughter, Powerful, Husband

  "Nina Simone's Daughter Says This Film Gets Her Mom's Story Straight". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 14, 2016.

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• I think it's fair to say that Nina Simone was a prodigy.

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  Thinking, Prodigies, Nina

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• It's secret that evangelical Christians are critical players in Republican primaries.

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  Christian, Player, Secret

  "Inside The Nationwide Tour To Support 'Godly Leaders'". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• Ted Cruz is trying to have a one-on-one debate with Donald Trump.

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  Trying, Debate, Trump

  "Roundtable: Donald Trump's Media Tactics". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 30, 2016.

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• Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, bypassed the debate before the Iowa caucuses because he objected to the participation of moderator Megyn Kelly as well a press release defending her.Beyond the Trump tantrum, we wondered if this had something bigger to say about the state of the media and politics and how politics is practiced today.

  Michel Martin

  Media, Iowa, Tantrums

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• Why was Donald Trump's decision not to participate in the Fox debate such a big deal?

  Michel Martin

  Decision, Foxes, Debate

  "Roundtable: Donald Trump's Media Tactics". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 30, 2016.

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• Donald Trump said he didn't think Megyn Kelly had been fair to him. But he also talked about Fox's response to this.

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  Thinking, Foxes, Trump

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• One of the reasons I think that Donald Trump has been a popular figure, he's very available to the media. But he also has a reputation for and has a history of attacking people when he thinks they're not sufficiently deferential to him. I think that's clear.

  Michel Martin

  Thinking, Media, People

  "Roundtable: Donald Trump's Media Tactics". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 30, 2016.

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• Roger Ailes said, we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president.

  Michel Martin

  Secret, President, Roger

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• Being a CEO used to be something you did for 15 years. Now you do it for five, maybe. The lifespan is getting shorter and shorter, regardless if you are a man or a woman.

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  Men, Years, Used

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• I love the fact that Oprah Winfrey comes out number one [most admired women], regardless of who you are, because she has achieved so much in the business world. I think Republicans, for example, when Republican women rate her higher than Hillary Clinton, they obviously don't care that she supported Barack Obama.

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  Thinking, Numbers, World

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• Newsweek recently asked American women which women they admire the most, and the answer varied, actually, depending on which political party you were from... Republican women picked Oprah as the most admired woman, followed by Sarah Palin. Democratic women said Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman, followed by Oprah Winfrey. Independents also picked Oprah Winfrey, followed by Diane Sawyer.

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  Party, Political, Answers

  "Poll: Oprah Winfrey Most Admired Woman In America". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 10, 2011.

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