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Al Franken Quotes

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.

Al Franken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: May 21, 1951

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Change Start Uncomfortable Talk Need

Is it rather stupid and dangerous to take Magna Carta so much for granted, as many of us seem to do, and to think of this attitude as 'very English?'

Melvyn Bragg

Attitude Stupid Think Dangerous Seem

We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the images we project really do have resonance. It's the reason why I don't use the term jihadist to refer to terrorists. It gives them the religious legitimacy they so desperately seek, but I ain't gonna give it to them.

John O. Brennan

Think Language Trying Why Project

Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.

Michael Greger

Sad Emotions Human Everyone Us Full

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

Michael Ignatieff

Heart Language Tradition Different

In the Arctic, the Inuit are saying water and land are the same; they're an unbroken unity. In the winter, you travel on the ice because it's the linkage and the easiest way, and in the summer, you move around on the water.

John Ralston Saul

Winter Water Travel Unity Saying

I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations I have tolerated.

Amanda de Cadenet

Hands My Own Worst Abuse Own Lived

I wouldn't have become the player I have without my father.

Son Heung-min

Father Become Without Player

My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get good grades, go to college, get a job.

Tony Rock

Good Father Mother Children Teacher

More than 50 million people around the world died during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. That's why we have epidemiologists all over the world tracking whether new strains of flu emerge.

Tom Frieden

People World New Why More Flu

I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.

Mary Roach

Space Pool Train Always Years Where

China's continued growth and rising household income are creating opportunities for lower-income economies in low-cost manufacturing.

Michael Spence

Growth Opportunities Creating Rising

I always struggled with the idea of forgiving my enemies.

Joyner Lucas

Always Enemies Idea Forgiving