If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
AL FRANKENI don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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.
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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
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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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And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.
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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I’ve had to learn a little bit about it. It’s not rocket science: You get ratings, that’s good.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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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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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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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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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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