My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
AL FRANKENThis is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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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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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, ‘There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.’
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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