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.
AL FRANKENAnd we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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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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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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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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I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I’ve done.
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