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Al Franken Quotes

American - Politician | May 21, 1951 -

I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It's just hard to get comfortable with Gore - it was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.

People Think Person Know Comfortable

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

Home Parents Dinner Night Political

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

Age Political House Important Rights

We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools.

Doing Need Economy Prepare Kids Our

Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.

Proud Tradition Committee Minnesota

Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. 'Call-time' is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my 'call-time manager,' and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I'm really good at it.

Good Faith Money People Phone Need

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

Job Know Difference Between Senator

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.

Politics Government School Step Me

You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay. But adult love means you're not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.

Love Best Child Loved America You

It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.

Time People American Bag Wish Look

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

Life Humor Early Try Mean Little

I listen to NPR when I listen to the radio, but I don't listen to the radio that much. You know, I listen to Garrison Keillor, I listen to 'Prairie Home Companion.'

Home You Know Listen Radio Prairie

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