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My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.

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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.

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Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.

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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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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

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There's going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration's relationship to Russia.

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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 get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.

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Let's not let the government sell us out. Let's fight for net neutrality.

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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.

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I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

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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. But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. 'That worked for everyone else,' God said.

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I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.

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I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe. Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.

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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

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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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Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. 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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There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

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