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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

Al Franken

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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Career College Country Deferment Enjoy Military Student
I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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Get Happ Satisfaction Something Writing
I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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Ask Celebrity Couple Despite Fabulous Fresh Job Kep Month Once Seven Thing
But I think it’s a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.
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Absolute Career Good Made Odd People Sense Some Think
We don’t know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.
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Business Country Invest Know Oligarchs
They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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Bad Balance Develop Habit Like Objective Stuff
The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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Bill Careful Constitution Craft Draft Founder Liberty Limited Power Right War
You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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Adult Child Children Country Like Love Mean Mommy Somebody
I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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Cream Handle President Soda Want
Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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Apple Aware Complete Google Information More Option Party People Privacy Screen Setting Share
I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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Behalf Deep Feel Life Limb Men Obligation Our Risk Women
I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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Confuse Consider Majority Middle Mushball People Position Thankful
I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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Develop Free Incredibly Interest Nature Neutrality Pace Rapid Start Think YouTube
If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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Control Conversation Country Important Information Issue
They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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Cover Do Easy Make Money Rate Stories
During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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Administration Bob Ceremony Country During Each Evil Include Live Present President

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