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Al Franken Quotes

The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry, which led to many consumers becoming trapped in loans they didn't understand and couldn't afford Picture Quote #1

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from Picture Quote #1

And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it Picture Quote #1

If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong Picture Quote #1

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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn’t realize he meant our nation Picture Quote #1

Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks Picture Quote #1

Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise Picture Quote #1

Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public Picture Quote #1

Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell Picture Quote #1

Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum Picture Quote #1

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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven Picture Quote #1

I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty Picture Quote #1

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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality Picture Quote #1

Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build Picture Quote #1

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point Picture Quote #1

When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms Picture Quote #1

For 35 years, I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate Picture Quote #1

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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have, the only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products Picture Quote #1

My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account Picture Quote #1

People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry, which led to many consumers becoming trapped in loans they didn't understand and couldn't afford (Al Franken Quotes) The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover (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 Quotes) Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from (Al Franken Quotes) And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it (Al Franken Quotes) If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it’s wrong. It’s just wrong (Al Franken Quotes) When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn’t realize he meant our nation (Al Franken Quotes) Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks (Al Franken Quotes) Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise (Al Franken Quotes) Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public (Al Franken Quotes) Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell (Al Franken Quotes) Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum (Al Franken Quotes) I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it (Al Franken Quotes) I couldn’t think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow’s leaders (Al Franken Quotes) I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven (Al Franken Quotes) I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it (Al Franken Quotes) 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 (Al Franken Quotes) If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it’d be a travesty (Al Franken Quotes) Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality (Al Franken Quotes) Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build (Al Franken Quotes) Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point (Al Franken Quotes) When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms (Al Franken Quotes) For 35 years, I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny. Some of them weren’t appropriate. Some of them were downright offensive. I understand that (Al Franken Quotes) It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate (Al Franken Quotes) Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have, the only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products (Al Franken Quotes) My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time (Al Franken Quotes) 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 (Al Franken Quotes) National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account (Al Franken Quotes) People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values (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 Quotes)

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