My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
AL FRANKENDuring 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.
More Al Franken Quotes
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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If someone hacks your password, you can change it – as many times as you want.
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Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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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.
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Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, ‘There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.’
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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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