There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
AL FRANKENFor 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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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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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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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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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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