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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.

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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written “Today I will masterbate–if I want to!
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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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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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 nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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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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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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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.

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