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 like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
More Al Franken Quotes
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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It’s not preppies, cause I’m a preppie myself. I just don’t like homosexuals. If you ask me, they’re all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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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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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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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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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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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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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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