I do the interviews and then I read about myself. I understand it and I get what it is. But there’s so much stuff that I say, either jokingly or lightheartedly, that gets printed like I’m dead serious.
AARON MCGRUDERIt’s difficult to overcome what you’re getting beamed into your brain by the television every day. The worthlessness of journalism today is just making the country confused and bewildered and lost.
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I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the mouthpiece, then so be it. And maybe Ralph Nader should just be behind the scenes telling that guy what to say.
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We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He’s really dumb.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
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Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
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You can’t accuse the creator of The Boondocks, … Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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And I’m not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let’s say it this way: I’m really late.
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Obviously, there’s a million things we’re allowed to say on late-night cable that you’re not allowed to say on a prime time broadcast.
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Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.
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Fame is not your friend. It ain’t necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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In USA culture is just a matter of commerce. So, you know, I don’t really look for that, and I don’t expect to find it in any city.
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I don’t want the news to be patriotic. I don’t want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don’t want any of that.
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