Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
AL FRANKENThe Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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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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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.
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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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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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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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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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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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