I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
AL FRANKENWe basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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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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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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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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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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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 views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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