Al Franken Quotes

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.

Al Franken

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Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we are experiencing now. It's such a unique situation with the home Olympics.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

HomeUniqueSituationNowAthlete

With Stripe, people who previously operated online or offline in a very limited capacity now have all the tools to work like a real online business. That's a very valuable thing.

John Collison

WorkBusinessPeopleToolsNowReal

Journalism doesn't have to be your first love... or your only love. You can come to it in desperation, because you can't think of anything better to do with your life, that it's this or the abyss. But once you get going... it helps if you love it.

Robert Krulwich

LifeLoveThinkBetterYouFirst

I've never been much of a European traveler. London once on a book tour, and Italy because that's where Ferraris are from. That's about it.

John Ridley

BookLondonNeverWhereBeenTour

What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.

Stefon Harris

ArtThinkYouImportantSayJazz

Conflicting legislation and regulations, overlapping mandates, unwillingness to enforce land use, elite capture, entrenched attitudes, and lack of incentives to influence behavior are rife in many resource-rich countries.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

InfluenceBehaviorLandCaptureMany

Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it.

Steven Wright

PermanentGetPressNoticeHowEver

I think Wilco is going to definitely stand the test of time - no question - and Uncle Tupleo, and the whole No Depression scene, which is now alt-country. I think that's going to be around a long time.

Roger McGuinn

TimeDepressionThinkStandUncle

If it hadn't been for record people like Ralph Peer, the Chess brothers, and Alan Lomax, then life would've been unbelievably dull, and I would've been sacking groceries somewhere and probably, at this point, running a little 7-Eleven down by the airport.

Ry Cooder

LifePeopleDownChessAirportPeer

The Federal Reserve system obviously doesn't work anymore - they keep lowering the federal discount rate, and all that happens is that the banks are making a fortune, and the old folks' CDs are getting chewed up.

Molly Ivins

WorkOldUpSystemFortuneKeep

In Eastern Europe, the past is not only always hovering over the present, it is not even passed. It waits, like some malevolent caged beast, ready at any moment to escape and bring back all the horrors.

Michael Korda

MomentPastPresentBackReadyOver

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

Dr. Dre

LifeMusicImprovementDayMy Life

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