Al Franken
Related After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so grea... ESSENCE ATKINS I know I felt like I was ready to be an adult long before the rest of the world agreed. I'd alre... TIM PRATT STEVEN WRIGHT PETE DOCTER Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just som... CHRISTOPHER PARKER GIL SCOTT-HERON I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them... TROMBONE SHORTY I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote s... BARRY MANN We all pine for a time in life when things were simpler. Even when they weren't necessarily simp... BEN GIBBARD MARK ZUCKERBERG CHANTAL KREVIAZUK Where I come from, if you weren't a drag queen or a radical thinker or a performance artist of s... IO TILLETT WRIGHT We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot... BRIAN SETZER ROBERT ANTON WILSON Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I ... J. R. SMITH The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using... ATO ESSANDOH BAHMAN GHOBADI A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really inte... ERIC SAN ANDIE MACDOWELL There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the... JONATHAN DEE AMY TAN DANIEL TOSH EMINEM PATRICK ROTHFUSS I like jokes, but Ray and I, we never did jokes. We weren't in that line of humor. We each contr... BOB ELLIOTT We couldn't generalize on the people. Some of them were known to be tough guys and they didn'... JAMES STOCKDALE I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can... OCTAVIA SPENCER A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character de... SLASH When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me ... ERIC SAN WENDY COPE They had some jokes. They think they're funny. I got them back. MIKE IMOH BILLY GRAHAM JOHNNY DEPP LEO DUROCHER WINSTON CHURCHILL They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script i... EDDIE CAMPBELL PAT PAULSEN CAROL BURNETT JOEY ADAMS LAKE BELL Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren&... DAVID GILL KING KRULE I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care f... ABY ROSEN ELVIS COSTELLO KATE MILLETT GINA RODRIGUEZ KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the ... ERIC MILLEGAN ALBERT ELLIS It was just music all day... My neighbors were musicians, and my brother and my family and everybody... TROMBONE SHORTY Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything. WAYNE KRAMER FAY WRAY NEIL STRAUSS NED VIZZINI PAUL MERTON GLORIA STEINEM For some reason, I always wanted to work in an environment where things weren't so good. I'm... JERRY WEST BILL SIENKIEWICZ I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct so... CAROL SHIELDS I decided sitcoms weren't for me. DAVID ALAN GRIER I think that the difference between 'The Sopranos' and the shows that came before it was tha... DAVID CHASE Our characters were antiseptic but we weren't. And if you remember what we did on BATMAN, as the... BURT WARD My war buddies, some were Americans, but some were Afghans. These were the guys that I fought alongs... ELLIOT ACKERMAN I didn't realize the ceiling that I had, and I don't think a lot of players understand what ... BEN ZOBRIST REBECCA MACKINNON MILLIE BOBBY BROWN AIMEE MANN SCOTT DERRICKSON SAM HUNT GEORGE HARRISON FAY WRAY NAIMA ADEDAPO STEPHEN SONDHEIM I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been v... ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Over the years, I've always had one Labrador and usually two. I've had some great dogs, and ... BUD GRANT We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was... ROGER DALTREY I met a lot of hackers, and some of them were very arrogant. They thought I was stupid because I cou... DAVID LAGERCRANTZ ADAM DURITZ STEPHEN HAWKING I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don... ALEJANDRO AMENABAR MAYA ANGELOU ISSA RAE J. R. MARTINEZ NICK CAVE ROGER AILES The group of guys I came up with in the 1990s were very innovative. I remember some of the older guy... TRACY LAWRENCE So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swin... JOHN PODESTA I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women... IDA LUPINO DAVID CRONENBERG I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of... FRED DURST I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it. BEVERLY CLEARY The licensing business is about licensing the full portfolio of Qualcomm's patents. Some of them... STEVE MOLLENKOPF JOHN LANDIS TONY CAMPOLO MAHERSHALA ALI They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes... PETER HOOK MUHAMMAD ALI There weren't a lot of 'Singin' in the Rain' fans in my age group. JEAN LOUISA KELLY I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to ... CARLENE CARTER
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ROSE FRANKEN Never Muddy the People you Love ROSE FRANKEN Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. ROSE FRANKEN The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorro... AL-HASAN AL-BASRI AL GORE AL GORE Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. AL JARREAU AL GOLDSTEIN My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuf... AL JARDINE People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We l... AL ROKER AL GORE AL GORE AL SHARPTON AL SHARPTON AL SHARPTON AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL SHARPTON Deanna is a great pitcher, one of the best pitchers in the state. She does not get enough recognitio... AL PEACOCK I learned years ago you can shape your own destiny if you do get involved. There have always been a ... AL PAZAR There's a lot of overcapacity in the fishery that will need to be addressed. Probably that won't be ... AL PAZAR Every time you lose that pre-soak, the danger increases. It's the race to fish. AL PAZAR Newport stuck its neck out and did the heavy lifting. Some of the other ports resent us for that. Th... AL PAZAR It broke down this year, with both sides not able to agree, and so we went into our usual free-for-a... AL PAZAR That's fine if you keep playing this record over and over. It is going to be a very strong spring. T... AL PARISH It's going to continue to make realtors very happy. I haven't seen any unhappy people in that indust... AL PARISH Even though it's not the biggest property, it's getting in excess of $300 a night for a room. That's... AL PARISH It doesn't mean that everybody's condo went up 37 percent. It means they built more expensive condos... AL PARISH CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT That's Fry. She settled down and came through for us. AL NORTHINGTON We just had to play smart in the fourth quarter. Our girls showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit. AL NORTHINGTON We didn't finish in that game. Tonight we finished. AL NORTHINGTON We made some mental mistakes, but we're still so young, and that's going to happen. Our four freshme... AL NORTHINGTON I'm so proud of these kids. It's a wonderful feeling to see these kids progress. This is a win for t... AL NORTHINGTON The president believes very strongly that this is going to have a major, major impact on economic gr... AL HUBBARD The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit. AL HUBBARD It's coming from the American taxpayer. AL HUBBARD The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth. AL HUBBARD Poverty is a lagging indicator. It is sort of the last ratio that declines with an expanding economy... AL HUBBARD The president is totally committed to Social Security reform. AL HUBBARD Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We'... AL HORFORD Maybe we don't look like we're tough guys, but the bottom line is we get the job done. I know, Villa... AL HORFORD It's great to see your son doing his job on the court. But it was no surprise. AL HORFORD There was not much we could do (last season) because it wasn't our team. It was frustrating at times... AL HORFORD We're so anxious for the game to get here. AL HORFORD We lost most of our scoring (from a year ago). But we knew we were going to come out here and make t... AL HORFORD You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it. AL HORFORD You could just see it in their eyes. That's when we go for the kill. AL HORFORD I am feeling a lot better; I'm taking care of myself drinking a lot of fluids and stuff. So I feel p... AL HORFORD They were leaving the wrong guy open. When you leave Lee, he's going to make you pay for it. AL HORFORD [He could belt out traditional blues and jazz with the best of them, but -- to the dismay of jazz pu... AL HIRT I don't know, ... I do not know. AL HIRT I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated. AL HIRT The New Orleans I knew is gone, ... It's never going to come back. I'm just grateful I had my years ... AL HIRT When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die befo... AL HIRT Rich could play way better than Krupa. AL HIRT Old Sharkey had a fat sound, man. He could blow like wild fire and when he played, I am telling you,... AL HIRT I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business. AL HIRT A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style. AL HIRT You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested ... AL HIRSCHFELD We arrived at Penn Station, took the Amsterdam Avenue street car to the end of the line. There was a... AL HIRSCHFELD You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done, ... I am only intereste... AL HIRSCHFELD When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc... AL HIRSCHFELD Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go. AL HIRSCHFELD Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. AL HIRSCHFELD $250,000 isn't a lot, but it is enough to make a statement. We are looking for projects that will be... AL HENRY I'm proud of our team. We great leadership from our four seniors - Peter Jerome, Josh Trottier, Alex... AL HENRY Give credit where credit is due. Fargo South is a machine. AL HENRY This is an OK way to end it. As far as I'm concerned, our team is the winner. AL HENRY I know the feds give us the same amount of money, as does the state, as does the county. But there's... AL HARTKOPF A traffic signal costs a lot more than $25,000. What can you say? They're getting off cheap. AL HARTKOPF I knew it was going to end up badly. AL HARTKOPF If it causes a little bit of difficulty for us, it just does. AL HARTKOPF I have very mixed feelings on it. I totally get where the commissioners are coming from. I see the p... AL HARTKOPF Would've, could've, should've. The bottom line is we didn't do it. AL HARRIS
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included. 
Walt Disney wasn't making films for kids. Neither were the Muppets. A lot of the great, really c... 
I thought that some of my best records was when there wasn't a lot of work being done on it, lik... 
When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don't want to make an excuse for that. ... 
Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they we... 
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even m... 
I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short ... 
There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot th... 
I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them. 
I don't know why I get away with some things. But I'm not a misogynistic, racist person. Yet... 
To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserv... 
When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and yo... 
There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not goi... 
I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I... 
Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return ... 
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them? 
If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things. 
I'd learned some things. I knew you weren't supposed to hold a good wine at the top - the pa... 
Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to te... 
If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wou... 
There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them... 
I went through quite a few establishments that maybe weren't great for myself - security units, ... 
And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it o... 
They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that. 
I've specifically decided to say no to projects that weren't advancing Latinos, that weren&#... 
I don't know if I have a favorite color. 
It's very special having a new little girl. 
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my ob... 
So I was asked to do horror film after horror film, a series of about five, after that, and some of ... 
When it comes to meeting and attracting women, many men are resigned and complacent. We figure some ... 
A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author,... 
When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was... 
I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining ... 
I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the... 
Right after September 11, 2001, there weren't really any blogs in China, but there were a lot of... 
I'm quite sarcastic, and I'm funny, but not kind of funny. It's a weird funny, and some ... 
I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good e... 
Some of the most intelligent people I've met in my life are priests and pastors; now, a lot of t... 
Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude. 
I just write a song, and it just comes out however it wants to. And some of them are catchy songs li... 
I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. He didn't get even the slightest respo... 
It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singe... 
My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't ... 
Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums ha... 
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. 
I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. ... 
As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't ... 
It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren'... 
People often can't separate, or can't understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it'... 
I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well t... 
I'm just observing the world. I was born into it, like you were, and then I found out there were... 
It's strange how extras have become such a big part of the business. I don't know what I thi... 
I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing... 
Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had so... 
I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when J... 
You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything ... 
When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't e... 
The irony upon irony of this lawsuit was great. First, Fox having the trademark 'fair and balanced' ... 
I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are co... 
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. 
Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in ... 
We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire. 
I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy ... 
The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal... 
To exercise at or near capacity is the best way I know of reaching a true introspective state. If yo... 
I never set out to beat the world. I just set out to do my absolute best.