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But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.

Al Franken

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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Comedian Dad Especially Love People
We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
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Attack Comedy People Personal Specialize
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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Democracy Few Mean Money More Political Power Rest System
Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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Call Couple Give Good Help Hero Know Occasionally Speech
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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Comedian Especially God Group Idea Policy Population Probably Public Satirist Support Year
Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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Being Dog Master Raise Sense Service Well
I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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Awful Know Learn Lot Minnesota People
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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Anything Away Been Block Build Country Many
At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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Axe Belief Felt Grind Left Out Own Political Snow Stuff Wrote
As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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Career Dad Graduate High Lot Money School
Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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Fight Government Net Neutrality Out Sell
But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, ‘Hi’ to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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Come Conversation Dog Pet Place Same Say Strike Up
To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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Ask Bias Conservative Liberal Like Mainstream Much Oil Think Use
I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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Civil Fight Liberal Like Right Tradition

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