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Truthiness is What I say is right, and [nothing] anyone else says could possibly be true. It's not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true. There's not only an emotional quality, but there's a selfish quality.

Stephen Colbert

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Stephen Colbert
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 13
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert
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