There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
AL FRANKENI feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
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