Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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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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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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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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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.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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I anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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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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You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?
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My 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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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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 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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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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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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