Al Franken Quotes

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Al Franken

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 21, 1951

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

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I just can't sit still and meditate; that doesn't kind of work for me. I don't even know exactly what it means.

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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.

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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.

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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.

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I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

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When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.

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There's no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity, the news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.'

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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.

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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.

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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

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Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.

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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

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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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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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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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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.

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