Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
AL FRANKENThere’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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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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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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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 do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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