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.
AL FRANKENI wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
More Al Franken Quotes
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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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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Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate.
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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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