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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
Al FrankenAl Franken Google might be doping the horses.
Al FrankenAl Franken My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
Al FrankenAl Franken But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
Al FrankenAl Franken That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
Al FrankenAl Franken Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
Al FrankenAl Franken We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
Al FrankenAl Franken National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
Al FrankenAl Franken The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
Al FrankenAl Franken They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
Al FrankenAl Franken He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
Al FrankenAl Franken If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
Al FrankenAl Franken During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
Al FrankenAl Franken There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
Al FrankenAl Franken I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
Al FrankenAl Franken I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
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They’re calling me. I’m getting nonstop e-mails and calls now from people that have been scammed by Donald Trump. And their stories are heartbreaking.
Marco RubioMarco Rubio It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
Larry BirdLarry Bird My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
Erica JongErica Jong I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.
Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'Neal When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White
