At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
AL FRANKENGood schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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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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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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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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