My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
AL FRANKENIf you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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