I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
AL FRANKENI like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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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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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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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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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 got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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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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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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