Al Franken Quotes

I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

Al Franken

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When you remove just some of the barriers, people do what people do: help their families.

Joe Garcia

PeopleHelpYouBarriersJustSome

I think it's important to understand that in the big historical context of things, there has been land degradation from civilisation since the beginning of history. I mean, the Rajputana desert in India is a manmade desert caused by overgrazing.

Joel Salatin

HistoryBeginningDesertThinkIndia

As a man may know about Africa either by going there personally or by reading descriptions written by travelers who have been there, so may he visit the super-physical realms if he will but qualify himself therefor, or he may learn what others who have so qualified themselves report as a result of their investigations.

Max Heindel

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It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You're suddenly somebody's wife. And you're like, 'Oh, I'm half of a couple now. I've lost me.'

Angelina Jolie

WifeIdentityMeWeirdYouLose

As a group, the fashion industry has been one of the strongest in the effort to fight HIV and AIDS. There are many groups dedicated to fighting this disease; GMHC's Fashion Forward is just one of them. But I think everyone in this industry fights it in their own way.

Michael Bastian

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It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.

Mia Hamm

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I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.

Luke Evans

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Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.

Jay-Z

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A single currency entails a fixed interest rate, which means countries can't manage their own currency to suit their own needs. You need a variety of institutions to help nations for which the policies aren't well suited. Europe introduced the euro without providing those structures.

Joseph Stiglitz

HelpYouNeedSingleEuropeWithout

How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun.

Christian Bale

FunCoolYouRobotsSeriousWant

Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.

Conan O'Brien

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A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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