My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
AL FRANKENNational security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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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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You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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