Impromptu Quotations

1. “Don't ever, ever, ever give up, because you're here for a reason, even if it's just to laugh at cats on the internet.” -- Jenna Marbles

2. “Life is too short to focus on the things you hate, focus on what you love instead.” -- PewDiePie

3. “I'm having fun. I'm being myself. I'm doing what I love. That's all that matters.” -- James Charles

4. “I’m not too into the trends - I like to look at trends as suggestions, not as rules.” -- Bethany Mota

5. “A good joke can spread throughout the Internet between the time you go to bed and the time you wake up, leading to an inbox filled with pictures of funny cats and cheeseburgers.” -- Rosanna Pansino

6. “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." -- John Lewis

7. “It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.” -- Eddie Van Halen

8. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

9. “People don't want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it's different.” --Chadwick Boseman

10. “I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” -- Kobe Bryant

11. “It takes courage and strength to be empathetic.” -- Jacinda Ardern

12. “It is easy to make promises -- it is hard work to keep them.” -- Boris Johnson

13. “People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.” -- Helle Thorning-Schmidt

14. “When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.” --Angela Merkel

15. “You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses.” --Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

16. “They can spend their time trying to pass laws to take away your rights and silence your voice, but all you have to do is live your lives right in their faces, and it proves you simply cannot be stopped.” -- Amber Ruffin

17. “I was a woman sobbing in a hotel corridor, which is kind of incredible, because when I was little I thought I was going to be a senator.” ― Jessi Klein

18. "A handful of almonds is a sensible snack to throw in someone's face & demand where the real snacks are." -- Aparna Nancherla

19. “Bring it down a notch, no one cares.” --Nicole Byer

20. “I can’t be intimidated by anyone wearing a housecoat.” --Leslie Jones

Extemporaneous Questions

1. What are the long-term implications for a 6-3 conservative majority on the supreme court?

2. How should democrats respond if President Trump refuses to accept the result of the election?

3. What consequences would result if the supreme court strikes down the ACA?

4. Should the Trump tax cuts be repealed?

5. Has the police reform movement lost momentum?

6. Is Puerto Rico likely to become a state in the next decade?

7. What could the federal government do to better manage the Covid-19 Pandemic?

8. Should the Commission on Presidential Debates be disbanded?

9. Is the FBI doing enough to fight right-wing domestic terrorism?

10. What can be done to better manage wildfires in the western United States?

11. What effect will “pandemic fatigue” have on Europe’s efforts to impose new Covid-19 restrictions?

12. Was it a mistake for Hong Kong to delay their upcoming election by a year?

13. How will the U.S.-Russia relationship change if Joe Biden is elected president?

15. How should the Republic of India better respond to the Covid-19 pandemic?

16. Will international efforts to guarantee a “people’s vaccine” for Covid-19 be successful?

17. What effect will Sadyr Japarov have as the new prime minister of Kyrgyzstan?

18. Is David Attenborough’s proposal to invest $500 billion a year in nature enough to mitigate catastrophic biodiversity loss?

19. What is the Northern Ireland protocol and is it needed?

20. Should Canada ease its border restrictions with the United States?