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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
Al Franken
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Al Franken
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 21
Actor
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United States Senator
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New York City
Alan Stuart Franken
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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.
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I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry at the Bush administration I'm angry at the right wing media. And by that I don't mean the media is right wing. I mean, there is a part of the media that's not the mainstream media. That's Fox, that is 'The Wall Street Journal' editorial page.
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