"Her poetry had a spiritual power and she was always about telling the truth. That sometimes got her into trouble, but she never gave in to fear."
—Mars Hill, of Albany, on Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at 86
"Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail."
—President Barack Obama, on the use of military power in foreign policy
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"l'll be reduced to cutting ribbons and kissing babies in my next term. "
—Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, on legislative efforts to change the county charter proposal
" People think I'm a soft man. Sissi is torture and suffering."
—Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, set to be Egypt's next president, in a leaked tape