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I mean, but obviously, in people’s eyes, it still – it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they’re white?

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I’m Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.
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Big Friend Holiday Jewish Muslim Off Pork Way
Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.
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Samantha Bee said to me when I first started on the “Daily Show”, she was like no – there is no – the only way you’ll learn this job is by doing this job.
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Daily First Job Learn No Samantha Bee She Show Started Way
Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.
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I know the Gospel according to Mark better than I know any sura in the Quran.
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Traditional television as we have known it will make love to the Internet and have a child. That child will be the future. It’s already happening, and it’s hot!
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Children Future Hot Interest Love Making
Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.
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An artist’s job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It’s not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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So I had this completely unrealistic idea of what America was — but I wanted to be there.
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I don’t want to tell people what they should think.
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People Tell Thinking Want
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you’re reaching people.
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I said we are Ghodratis and there’s nothing that Ghodratis like more than a bargain.
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I think I discovered my first, you know, my first image of a naked woman was sort of sneaking a peek at one of those magazines that was in my dad’s store.
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When you’re brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
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In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food… they’ve never even tasted it!
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You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, “Gunga Din” has come back.
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