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Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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There are some bright spots, to be sure, but the internet is still in a Wild West phase, as was the case during the early age of the printing press as well.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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Future generations may well have occasion to ask themselves, What were our parents thinking? Why didn't they wake up when they had a chance? We have to hear that question from them, now.
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As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a solution that respects the environment and does not cause an upheaval in the economy.
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I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.
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Politics has become a game of meaningless, mindless battles, conducted by unscrupulous methods and people, designed to transform even the most serious policy debates into sport.
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We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be E Pluribus Unum - Out of One, Many.
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When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.
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...it is appropriate to have an over representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.
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I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I’ve relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
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Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality.
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