It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
AL FRANKENI’m the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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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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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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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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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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