I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
AL FRANKENAnd 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.
More Al Franken Quotes
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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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.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
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