It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
AL FRANKENWe need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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