I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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More Al Franken Quotes
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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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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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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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My spiritual life is… sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don’t. When I do have access to it, it’s usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do.
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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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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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