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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.

Aaron McGruder

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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
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Television Producer
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Chicago
Illinois
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Fame is not your friend. It ain't necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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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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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'm actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.
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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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Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
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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 cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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