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My dad was a terrible businessman.

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The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.

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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'

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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. 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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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. Medicare was established to secure that promise.

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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty.

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

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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you're funny.

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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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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had minor leagues - they've had local rightwing guys who've become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that's how it goes. We haven't had that. It isn't like we have a farm team.

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We know that the Russian's interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.

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

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If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.

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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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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.

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I'm for Israel's right to exist.

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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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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.

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It's really building Air America that I'm focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.

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