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.
AL FRANKENI think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
More Al Franken Quotes
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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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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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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I also focus on Bush and his administration – who do a lot of lying – and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn’t be able to get away with.
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I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written “Today I will masterbate–if I want to!
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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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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People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
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