I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
AL FRANKENThere is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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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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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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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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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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