Al Franken Quotes

I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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Civic Engagement Grew Highest Minnesota Nation Participation Record Records Tradition Treasure Voter
I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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Angry Media Right Wing
I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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Book Crush Responsibility Satirical Write
It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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Carpet Inspirational Put Slipper Whole World
I’ve spent my entire career being a satirist.
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Career Entire Satirist Spent
To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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Ask Bias Conservative Liberal Like Mainstream Much Oil Think Use
When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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Choice Company Consumer Dominant Establish Lose Market Meaningful Opinion Political Position Year
Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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Go Honest Kidding No Oh Really
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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Ago Felt Field Fundraiser Kill Learn Saw Schmuck Something Tell Well
At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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Axe Belief Felt Grind Left Out Own Political Snow Stuff Wrote
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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Discourse Economy Engine Forum Innovation Media Political Powerful Source
I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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Anything Away Been Block Build Country Many
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
creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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All Country Create Easier Job Life Make Million Over People World
Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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Agency Credit Give Job Minnesotan Rating Suppose
And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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Him Hit Run Say Sue Teacher When
And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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Agency Clear Conclude Country Preference President
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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Able Class Enjoy Fruit Hard Work Labor Lifetime Middle Promis Retire
I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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Change Make Perfectionist Start Stop
Whining is anger through a small opening.
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Anger Inspirational Open Small Whin
Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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Actual Appeal End Expand Horizon Income More Romantic Spectrum
The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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Capital Everybody First Guy Had Misled Much Ran
Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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Comedy Itself Think Value Well
If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Humor Look Really Sense Terrorist
My dad was a terrible businessman.
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Businessman Dad Terrible
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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Bill Century Football Great Play President Touch
I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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