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.
AL FRANKENAt ‘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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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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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’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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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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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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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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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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