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.
AL FRANKENMistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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For 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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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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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 think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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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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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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They’ve had local rightwing guys who’ve become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that’s how it goes. We haven’t had that. It isn’t like we have a farm team.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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