I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
AL FRANKENIt’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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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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National 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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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O’Reilly is kind of a bully, and he’s the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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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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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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