Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.
AARON MCGRUDERThe American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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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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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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Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
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I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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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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I guess I was a conspiracy theorist when I said “no weapons in Iraq.” Now they call that history.
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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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I think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on ‘Seinfeld’.
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I’m actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.
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I don’t think the American government has a lot of respect for culture.
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I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let’s say it this way: I’m really late.
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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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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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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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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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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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