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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 believe people have a right to know what's going on with their information and how it's collected, how it's stored and who gets it.

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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.

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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.

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My dad was a terrible businessman.

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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.

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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families. 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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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn't take their advice.

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

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My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.

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Gary Bauer is a very good - he's a good friend of mine.

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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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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.

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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. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.

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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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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

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Let's keep the Internet weird. Let's keep the Internet free.

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And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.

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There's no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity, the news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.'

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