My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
AL FRANKENWell, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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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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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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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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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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