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 FRANKENI think there are all kinds of different hells. It’s not a place you go to after you die.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Whining is anger through a small opening.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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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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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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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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