McConaughey will let us know shortly and other top quotes of the week

“All the pain, all the pain, it subsided because I knew we were getting justice. We finally have justice for my nephew. ”- Ruby Arbery, aunt of Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia black whose white killers were convicted of murder. (Wednesday, Washington Post)

“We’re rebuilding business communities that were necessary because of Jim Crow, and now we say we can have businesses that create jobs and a strong community.” – Rev. Frederick D. Haynes, Pastor, Friendship-West Baptist Church , who called on the 12,000 believers in the Dallas Church to “100 Days of Buying Black”, ie to buy from black-owned companies by the end of the year. (Tuesday, Dallas Morning News)

“I’m a storyteller. I am the CEO. But be the CEO of a state? Am I best equipped for the people in the country, for my family and myself? A decision involves great sacrifices. That’s what I did and it’s not a tease. I do my best and I will let you know shortly. ”- Actor Matthew McConaughey on whether he will run for governor. (Thursday, Dallas Morning News)

“Our group did what they loved, performing in front of the crowds in a parade that put smiles on faces of all ages and filled them with joy and happiness. During the performance, the grandmas enjoyed the cheers and applause from the crowd, which certainly put a smile on their faces and warmed their hearts. The deceased were extremely passionate grandmas ”- Milwaukee Dancing Grannies statement after three of the dancers were killed and others injured when a man drove his vehicle into a parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin (Monday, Facebook)

“I will never go to a show there again. John Lennon could rise from the dead and play the Beatles. I still wouldn’t go if it was at COTA. ”- Miles Zuniga, after taking three hours to get to his seat on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, to the Rolling Stones because of the traffic and to see poor human management. (Monday, CBS Austin)

“We don’t hide from the fact that we’re working things through. We’re all getting out of COVID. ”- Julian Bowman, Senior Director of Marketing at Spectra, the for-profit company that runs Fair Park after bad traffic and crowd management also saw people become part of the Hamilton musical missed. The Stones concert at the Cotton Bowl earlier this month also had traffic delays. (Tuesday, Dallas Morning News)

“I think if I brought something like the Parkland Clinic there, especially if they have a pharmacist, I could travel less to get help.” – Renee Thompson, after hearing about a new pharmacy in the RedBird Mall, which is part of Parkland’s new health services in the southern Dallas Mall. Thompson drove 40 miles a month from Duncanville to the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas to get insulin for her daughter. (Monday, Dallas Morning News)

“It’s very easy to ridicule these people as crazy cultists, but I think it’s harder to think of them as people who were just looking for something and found it in the wrong place. These people are looking for some kind of certainty. They are looking for some kind of confirmation that things will be fine. They are looking for hope. ”- Mike Rothschild, author of“ The Storm Is Upon Us, ”on the rise and fall of QAnon, the group of people still waiting in Dealey Plaza for JFK Jr. to return (Monday , The Dallas Morning News)

“It looks like a scone, but it doesn’t taste like that.” – Victoria Ubochi trying a Popeyes cookie at the chain’s first restaurant in the UK. Hundreds of people waited for hours to try biscuits (which are neither scones nor crackers) and fried chicken at the Popeyes opening in London. (Monday, New York Times)

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