‘WEAR A MASK’ TOPS LIST OF 2020 NOTABLE QUOTES
NEWHAVEN,CONN.» A plea from Dr. Anthony Fauci for people to “wear a mask” to slow the spread of the coronavirus tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2020.
The list assembled by Fred Shapiro, an associate director at the library, is an annual update to “The Yale Book of Quotations,” which was first published in 2006.
Also on the list is “I can’t breathe,” the plea George Floyd made repeatedly to police officers holding him down on a Minneapolis street corner. Several quotes from the presidential campaign appear including Joe Biden telling a student: “You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier.”
Shapiro said he picks quotes that are not necessarily admirable or eloquent, but rather because they are famous or particularly revealing of the spirit of the times.
House Coronavirus Task Force news briefing, April 23. 5 . “I will never lie to you. You have my word on that.”: White House Press 8 . “I can’t breathe.” : Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, at . “The science should not George Floyd, plea to police her first press briefing, May 1. stand in the way of this.” officer, Minneapolis, May : McEnany, referring to 6
. “My most fervent school reopenings in a news briefing, wish is that I will not July 16. . “One day — it’s like a be replaced until a new 9 miracle — it will disappear,”: president is installed.” : Supreme . “You’re a lying dogfaced President Donald Court Justice Ruth Bader pony soldier.” : Trump, referring to the coronavirus Ginsburg, statement dictated Biden, in a remark to student in remarks at an African American to granddaughter Clara Spera, at campaign event, Hampton, History Month reception at the September. N.H., Feb. 9. White House, Feb. 27. 10 . “We are all Lakers today.” : Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, in a remark to reporters after the death of Kobe Bryant, Orlando, Fla., Jan. 26
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25. . “Wear a mask.”: Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN interview, May 21.
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. “I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning?” : Trump, in remarks at a White
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. “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.” : Joe Biden, in an interview with “The Breakfast Club” radio program, May 22.