Al Franken on balance
Al Franken250 quotes“They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.”
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Al FrankenAl Franken My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
Al FrankenAl Franken It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
Al FrankenAl Franken I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
Al FrankenAl Franken Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
Al FrankenAl Franken Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, ‘There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.’
Al FrankenAl Franken As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
Al FrankenAl Franken What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
Al FrankenAl Franken There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
Al FrankenAl Franken The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
Al FrankenAl Franken Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
Al FrankenAl Franken You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
Al FrankenAl Franken Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
Al FrankenAl Franken We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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I dream of all the places we never made it to.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina He destroyed her wings then punished her for not knowing how to fly.
R. H. SinR. H. Sin You don’t have to wait to have it all figured out before deciding to be happy.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin Surround yourself with someone that will bring the best of you to reach your goals.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans Lay down your roots now, let them wrap tight around mine, sink deep in the soil.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Do not look for me if you haven’t found yourself first.
Jenny AJenny A I spent a lifetime building shrine to things that can’t love me back. (music, poetry, you)
Blake AudenBlake Auden Life gets better, not by chance but by consistent efforts from the individual end.
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The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we’re doing business, were trying to manage the business through the lens of humanity.
Howard SchultzHoward Schultz Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Don’t give up! It’s not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back.
Steve MaraboliSteve Maraboli I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.
Mitt RomneyMitt Romney I was in the world of business for 25 years. If you didn’t balance your budget, you went out of business.
Mitt RomneyMitt Romney April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn’t know much about living.
Elton JohnElton John A knowledge of the true age of the Earth and of the fossil record makes it impossible for any balanced intellect to believe in the literal truth of every part of the Bible in the way that fundamentalists do.
Francis CrickFrancis Crick
