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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.

Al Franken

My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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Dad End Graduate Mom Print Real Salesman School
At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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Axe Belief Felt Grind Left Out Own Political Snow Stuff Wrote
You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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Bad Country Criticize Everything Grow Up Liberal Love Mommy Powerful
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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Account Electorate Government Inform Law Must National Preserve Protect Security Trust
He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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Enough Making Money Three Week Year
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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Become Country Either Feel Happen Like More Place Thing Two
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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Discourse Economy Engine Forum Innovation Media Political Powerful Source
There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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Either Element Given God Necessarily Responsible Talent
Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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Actual Appeal End Expand Horizon Income More Romantic Spectrum
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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Ask Bias Conservative Liberal Like Mainstream Much Oil Think Use
I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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Channel Editorial Journal Mainstream Media Page Part
The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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Ability Business Corporation Customer Internet Level Playing Powerful Reach Same Small Truly
If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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Ballot Even Myself People Travesty Vote
The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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Bill Careful Constitution Craft Draft Founder Liberty Limited Power Right War
I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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Administration Ball Invite Perk
What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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Being Campaign Easy See Trail

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