Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
AL FRANKENThis 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.
More Al Franken Quotes
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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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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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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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.
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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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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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