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Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.'

~Al Franken

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My dad was a terrible businessman.

~Al Franken

Topics: Businessman Dad Terrible

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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

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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven't been addressed, and I'd like to stand with them. Also, I'd like to get their views on immigration.

~Al Franken

Topics: Also American Been Concerns Debt Get Historic Immigration Indians Like Owe Set Stand Them Unique Views

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At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out.

~Al Franken

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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

~Al Franken

Topics: Back Go Need Science

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I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

~Al Franken

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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.

~Al Franken

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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.

~Al Franken

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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.

~Al Franken

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: May 21st, 1951

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