In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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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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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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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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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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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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