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 MCGRUDERFame is not your friend. It ain’t necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
More Aaron McGruder Quotes
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I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.
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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 think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on ‘Seinfeld’.
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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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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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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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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 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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When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I’ll have no ego to injure.
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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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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 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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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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Fame is not your friend. It ain’t necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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