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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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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
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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 guess I was a conspiracy theorist when I said no weapons in Iraq. Now they call that history.
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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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I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.
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Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very 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 don't know what the future holds. It seems to be going in a really bad, bad place really quickly, and I don't have the answers and I don't have the solutions and I don't know what's gonna happen to change it. But the continued apathy will only lead to a worse situation for everybody.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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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'm actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.
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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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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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Whether the Republicans intentions are good or evil - I pretty much assume that they're evil - but no matter what, man, when the people in charge make giant mistakes, everyone suffers. Even if they do have good intentions, when you make giant mistakes, it's a bad thing.
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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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You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
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Fame is not your friend. It ain't necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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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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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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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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