Commentary: Memorable quotes from the past week
"I would wish my childhood on everyone."
Greg Floom, whose family is auctioning their 122-year-old Jackson Township farmhouse.
"It's just unbelievable. She called it earlier, right before the game started. … After I hit the ball, I was running the bases, and it was like I was dreaming. It feels like a dream. How did she know?"
San Diego Padres catcher Jorge Alfaro, after his mom predicted he'd hit a home run on Mother's Day. Alfaro wasn't scheduled to play.
"The way the world spins is because we're all different; I'm undeniably myself."
Amanda Rodriguez of Bethlehem Township, who is making plans to be a single mother.
"Akron is a beautiful city with a lot of opportunity for immigrants. I want to earn many records for Akron and my home country of Nepal. I want to do something good ... inspiring youth, community, society. I have a good present to offer."
World-class gymnast Dinesh Sunar of Akron, who has broken five Guinness World records.
"I promised my mother I would get my degree, and I felt her there, even though she is in heaven. It's like she put this together, on Mother's Day, to let me know she is still paying attention."
Former Ohio State football star Carlos Snow, who just completed his degree at age 53.
"Our entire family is thrilled. What a nice legacy and what a wonderful way to remember Thurman. They've gone over and above. ... His heart was always in Canton, Ohio, no doubt about it."
Diana Munson, after Thurman Munson Stadium was rededicated on May 7 following extensive restoration.
"There are kids who come and act like they're not hungry, when they really are. ... As long as I am alive, I will have something for a kid to eat."
Cyrus Ausar, owner of the Greatness Cafe in Massillon.
"There's just a lot of super-talented, hard-working people in China that strongly believe in manufacturing and they won't just be burning the midnight oil, they'll be burning the 3 a.m. oil. They won't even leave the factory, type of thing, whereas in America, people are trying to avoid going to work at all."
Elon Musk
"Donte was very grateful. When they're here, they're my kids."
Tuslaw Elementary School teacher Jenn Ellenberger, after she saved third grader Donte Drotar from choking.
"In Russia right now, if you even call their war a war, you'll get arrested. So Dave (Chappelle) is allowed to make any joke he wants because he is a comedian and we live in America. This isn't binary, it isn't right or wrong. He's allowed to say things. You're allowed to be upset by them. That's how it works."
Jake Kroeger of the Comedy Bureau, defending comedian Dave Chappelle's right to make insulting jokes.
"The exhibit may focus on me, but I represent all 224 women."
Bea Shaheen McPherson, 100, of Hartville, one of 224 "Military Mapping Maidens" who served as mapmakers during World War II. An exhibit of her role is on display at the MAPS Air Museum in Green.
"There's a lot of folks out there who have taken some real bruises. In crypto, the strong survive and the weak get flushed."
Garrick Hileman, a researcher at Blockchain.com after cryptocurrency's value fell last week.
"These people are saying, 'Oh, I can find my own information on the internet.' There wouldn't be an internet without understanding quantum mechanics and science, and all the hard work that engineers have put into this!"
MIT physicist Frank Wilczek, pushing back on anti-intellectualism in the U.S.
Charita M. Goshay is a Canton Repository staff writer and a member of the editorial board. Reach her at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @cgoshayREP
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