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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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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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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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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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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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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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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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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