I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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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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You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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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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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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If you want a free email service that doesn’t use your words to target ads to you, you’ll have to figure out how to port years and years of Gmail messages somewhere else, which is about as easy as developing your own free email service.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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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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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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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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Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.
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