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.
AL FRANKENThey talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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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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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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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.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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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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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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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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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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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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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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