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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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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.
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George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.
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I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.
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A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: what in God's name were they doing? or they may look back and say: how did they find the uncommon moral courage to rise above politics and redeem the promise of American democracy?
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As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.
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There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
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