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.
AL FRANKENThe nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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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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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself.
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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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