To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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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 know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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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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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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