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.
AL FRANKENMy dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O’Reilly is kind of a bully, and he’s the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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Anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal information they should never have access to, including a user’s date of birth, e-mail address, or estimated income.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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