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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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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
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Television Producer
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Chicago
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Injure
Shortcomings
Freely
Flaws
Ego
Pass
Learn
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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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I'm not crazy impressed with New York. I mean, I don't buy into that whole thing: Everyone in New York is all sophisticated, and they're into art and sophisticated things, and everyone in L.A. is just shallow entertainment people. I think people are just shallow across the board.
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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 cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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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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It may sound weird, but I don't really look for culture, particularly in an American city.
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I just tell jokes, and I think a lot of people take it too seriously. It's not that I don't have things that I'm angry about in the world, and I think most decent human beings are upset about things, and even upset about things in their own country, but I'm not a particularly unhappy fellow.
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Fame is not your friend. It ain't necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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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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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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Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
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Don't get me wrong, it definitely ain't the Democratic Party either. They're so bad, I mean I'm actually starting to believe that John Kerry was just token resistance, that he literally was down with George W.Bush. It was just such a horrible, horrible, horrible thing to see, that campaign. So, you know, I don't know what's going on.
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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 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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I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand fairness and be able to verify each vote. And other countries can do this fairly easily. So I don't think you really want democracy if you're not willing to take that first step.
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Perhaps it's time to start examining countries that have made democracy work while still having some kind of the same relationship in covenant with their population. Perhaps we need to look at the Scandinavian countries, or Canada, or something else, but whatever we have now, I think we just have to acknowledge, ain't workin.
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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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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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Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.
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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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