My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
AL FRANKENIt’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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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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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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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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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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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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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O’Reilly is kind of a bully, and he’s the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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