I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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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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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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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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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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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