The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
AL FRANKENOne thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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We know that the Russian’s interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.
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My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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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’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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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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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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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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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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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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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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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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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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People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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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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