I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Net neutrality isn’t a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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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.
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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.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I’m looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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