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Al Franken250 quotes“This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.”
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
Al FrankenAl Franken You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
Al FrankenAl Franken 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.
Al FrankenAl Franken The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
Al FrankenAl Franken I don’t consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you’re writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
Al FrankenAl Franken I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
Al FrankenAl Franken Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
Al FrankenAl Franken Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
Al FrankenAl Franken And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
Al FrankenAl Franken I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
Al FrankenAl Franken 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.
Al FrankenAl Franken If you want a free email service that doesn’t use your words to target ads to you, you’ll have to figure out how to port years and years of Gmail messages somewhere else, which is about as easy as developing your own free email service.
Al FrankenAl Franken I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
Al FrankenAl Franken Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
Al FrankenAl Franken During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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It doesn’t seem that long ago to me that the word ‘irreverent’ seemed affixed to my name. ‘Irreverent newcomer.’ I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye.
Bob CostasBob Costas I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
Bill JoyBill Joy I learned long ago that when change comes, you gotta slow down and take note of it. In the midst of that change is all the possibility in the world.
Bertice BerryBertice Berry The path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom – the clothing of the grave – that some people believe she is already fitted for.
Bernard BaruchBernard Baruch I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
Ben SteinBen Stein A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product.
Tim CookTim Cook My abortion was so long ago I didn’t think I needed help. I hoped God had forgiven me but I hadn’t realized I didn’t forgive myself. After attending this safe, nurturing group I know that I am forgiven and set free.
BarbaraBarbara You know, 10 years ago I never thought I’d be in this position. It’s a dream and I don’t even know if I dreamed this big.
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