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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.

Aaron McGruder

Fidel Castro just talked a long time, and he talked and he talked and he talked and he talked… and he talked during the meeting. I think it was about four hours. But I guess that’s part of the Castro spirit.
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Discuss Fidel Castro Long Spirit Talk Thinking
You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they’re gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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Merchandise Movie People Rich Summer Think Thinking
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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And I’m not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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Around Love Mad Making People Want
Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
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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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Friendly Game Good Guy Level Looking Thinking
I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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Fame is not your friend. It ain’t necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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Enemy Fame Friend Necessarily
I think there’s a lot of good and bad to L.A. One of the things you have to consider is that you can, if you’re lucky, make a decent living here. That’s a big plus. That’s pretty positive. The weather is OK.
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Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
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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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Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.
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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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Explore Important Music News Reveal Scare Tell
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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We don’t need a two-party system. We need something else. Because at this point, the two-party system is really just a one-party system. And that one party is crumbling.
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You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
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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.
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I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.
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It may sound weird, but I don’t really look for culture, particularly in an American city.
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Country Culture Particular Sound Weird
The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
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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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Confront Dumb Moron President Scary
But I know that in Toronto and Vancouver there are all the comforts of America, and yet there’s a difference in the people, and I had health care.
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I guess I was a conspiracy theorist when I said “no weapons in Iraq.” Now they call that history.
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Voting really doesn’t mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it’s kind of a sham.
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I don’t think the American government has a lot of respect for culture.
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It’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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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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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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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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