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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More Al Franken Quotes
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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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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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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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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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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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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I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.
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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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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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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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And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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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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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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I think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
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I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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