It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
AL FRANKENHarvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
More Al Franken Quotes
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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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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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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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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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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