My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
AL FRANKENMy dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
AL FRANKENAfter my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
AL FRANKENLet’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
AL FRANKENTerrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
AL FRANKENI grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
AL FRANKENWhich is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
AL FRANKENSometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
AL FRANKENIf 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
AL FRANKENThe Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
AL FRANKENYeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
AL FRANKENProgressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
AL FRANKENThe only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
AL FRANKENI can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
AL FRANKENThey’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
AL FRANKENCompared 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.
AL FRANKENThere 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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