I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders.
AL FRANKENIf I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty.
More Al Franken Quotes
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I’m part of the mushball middle. I consider ‘confused’ the majority position because, thankfully.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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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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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 got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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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 Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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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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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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