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Facts about Al Franken

Occup.Comedian
FromUSA
BornMay 21, 1951
Age73 years

Summary

Al Franken is a famous Comedian from USA, he/she is 73 years old and still alive, born May 21, 1951.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by Al.

22 Famous quotes by Al Franken

Small: Its the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you
"It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you"
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Small: Its easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world
"It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world"
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Small: If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have
"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"
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Small: I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despi
"I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'"
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Small: I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks
"I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks"
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Small: I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has al
"I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to get away with a lot of stuff that, in a different media environment, they probably wouldn't be able to get away with"
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Small: But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their age
"But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we're going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause"
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Small: And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book thats funny makes the information go
"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"
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Small: Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty mu
"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"
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Small: Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadnt been an
"Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn't been any radio that did that. And so they weren't trained - they had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that"
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Small: When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both
"When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both"
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Small: When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didnt realize he meant ou
"When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation"
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Small: Well, I think that theres a value to comedy in and of itself
"Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself"
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Small: Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with tha
"Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure"
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Small: We need to be pro-science we have to go back to science
"We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science"
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Small: To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is
"To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus"
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Small: The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But Ive had to learn
"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"
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Small: The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so theyve had minor leagues - theyve had
"The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had minor leagues - they've had local rightwing guys who've become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that's how it goes. We haven't had that. It isn't like we have a farm team"
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Small: The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian v
"The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life"
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Small: The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. Im looking
"The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest"
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Small: The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. Theyre about getting ratings, ab
"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"
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Small: Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons t
"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"
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