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 FRANKENWe basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
More Al Franken Quotes
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In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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Too many people don’t protect their smartphones with a password or PIN.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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If you want a free email service that doesn’t use your words to target ads to you, you’ll have to figure out how to port years and years of Gmail messages somewhere else, which is about as easy as developing your own free email service.
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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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Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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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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