It may sound weird, but I don’t really look for culture, particularly in an American city.
AARON MCGRUDERWhen 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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And I’m not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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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 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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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 think revolution is always a little bit possible. I think it won’t look or sound anything like what we would expect. But I think revolution is very difficult, and I’m not optimistic for any kind of dramatic change.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they’re gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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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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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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Fame is not your friend. It ain’t necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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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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I really get a little bit confused by all this “angry angry angry” talk when all I do is tell jokes and at least some people find it funny.
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I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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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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The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
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