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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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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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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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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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I don’t consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you’re writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well.
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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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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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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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
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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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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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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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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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