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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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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
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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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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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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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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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You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
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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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The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
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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 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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We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.
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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'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 wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.
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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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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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Meeting Fidel Castro was really cool. It's cool because it's Fidel, and it's a world leader, and there's so much history behind the man and who he is in this hemisphere. And then at the end of the day, he's, I think, just like a big mayor. There's only, like, 11 million people in Cuba. He's a big mayor.
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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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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
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