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Fame is not your friend. It ain't necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.

Aaron McGruder

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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Fame
Friend
Enemy
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When the news is slow, or when there's just so many other responsibilities bearing down on me that I don't have the time to do it right, that's when it gets frustrating. As an artist, you just don't wanna put bad work out. So when you have to do it seven days a week, you're just gonna have some bad days and bad weeks and bad months and bad years.
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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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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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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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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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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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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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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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Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
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Voting really doesn't mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it's kind of a sham.
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Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.
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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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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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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 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 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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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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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 think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on 'Seinfeld'.
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