"We continue to wait for the president to identify the spending cuts he's willing to make as part of the `balanced' approach he promised the American people." - A written statement from House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

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"It smells like freedom." - Timothy Tipton, a longtime marijuana activist, as he puffed away on a marijuana cigarette in Denver after it became legal to smoke it in Colorado Monday.

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"I thank everyone who supported me all over the world. I thank God, and God bless you all." - Hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo after she settled a lawsuit with former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn over sexual assault allegations.