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.
AL FRANKENVeterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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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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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
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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.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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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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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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