I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
AL FRANKENFor 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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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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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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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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