‘Paying for profits with our safety’ and other top quotes of the week

“We’re here today because of conscious choices that Facebook made … Facebook grew into a $ 1 trillion business by paying for its profits with our safety, including the safety of our children. And that is unacceptable. ”- Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, in her testimony to the congress on the security risks that the company’s business model poses for users. (Monday, Washington Post)

“Since you can’t see this right now, let me just say it’s ridiculous, and always will be, that they call it FaceBOOK. I’d never sneak up on their brand, so I don’t call myself AlbanyPublicWEBSITED HAS STRUCTURED TO ATTRACT INCORRECT INFORMATION. ”- Albany Public Library, in a tweet storm reminding those affected by the Facebook outage that local libraries are in Albany, NY, offering books. (Monday, Twitter)

“They know there is a difference between a mass shooting and a school shootout. These are people who were out to shoot several people and they didn’t. ”- Kim T. Cole, attorney for Timothy Simpkins, accused of bringing a gun to his Arlington school and shooting a classmate, who allegedly bullied him and hit another student and teacher. (Thursday, Dallas Morning News)

“A hundred lives have been saved. A hundred dreams were saved. ”- Ahmad Sarmast, director and founder of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and the Zohra Orchestra, whose 101 students, teachers and musicians fled to Qatar. The Taliban, who control Afghanistan, forbid music. (Tuesday, NPR)

“We are not anti-vaccination. We have about 4,000 pilots who have voluntarily not been vaccinated, and not all of them are against a vaccine. ”- Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, the union that represents American Airlines pilots who protest the airline’s rule on that all employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine. (Thursday, Dallas Morning News)

“By the time we get to 2022, we will likely have between 12 and 15 potential candidates here. The level of activity here was definitely higher in the first year in a four-year cycle than anything we’ve had before. “- Jeff Kaufmann, President of the Republican Party of Iowa, as former President Donald Trump was planning a rally in Iowa the next day. (Friday, Wall Street Journal)

“MS. Bissey was chastised on the street and her business avoided. She had to move her salon because of massive losses due to the decline in customers and because the pandemic made rental space unaffordable.” Indiana, who pleads for indulgence after being indicted in the Capitol on January 6 of entering and staying in a restricted building, violent entry, and disorderly behavior in the Capitol. Apparently Bloomfield residents will not seek salon services from anyone during a pandemic, who stormed our nation’s seat of government (Wednesday, Business Insider)

“I got the appointment from the national team. I asked my father for his opinion and he didn’t say much. He said wherever I wanted to play he would support me. “- Ricardo Pepi, an 18-year-old football phenomenon from El Paso-Juarez, who faced the difficult decision of whether to go to the US, where he grew up, or Mexico where his family is from should play. He chose the US (Wednesday, ESPN)

“It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is challenging, and before our massive growth next year, it’s critical to have the support we need. We’re all there together, and when our restaurants need us, we’re there. ”- AJ Kumaran, Co-Managing Director of the Raising Cane’s fast food chain, who sends the company’s employees to work as chip makers and cashiers in low-staffed restaurants. (Thursday, ABC 13 News Houston)

“It’s amazing to think about all of that. You’re all here too – thank you. Stevie is here too. ”- Blues and rock musician Jimmie Vaughan at the unveiling of a sculpture dedicated to him and his brother Stevie Ray Vaughan in Kiest Park, near her childhood home in Oak Cliff. We are and always will be Love Struck, baby. (Sunday, Dallas Morning News)

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