Aaron McGruder Quotes

#1. And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.

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#2. You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.

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#3. Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

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#4. Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.

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#5. I'm not a Democrat.

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#6. 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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#7. I think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on 'Seinfeld'.

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#8. 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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#9. I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.

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#10. 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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#11. Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.

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#12. We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.

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#13. But I know that in Toronto and Vancouver there are all the comforts of America, and yet there's a difference in the people, and I had health care.

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#14. We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.

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#15. 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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#16. 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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#17. One more spin around the sun ... Ain't nuthin' changed. Still got trouble on my mind. Still got suckas that need to get dealt with ... Still in mortal combat with the wicked ...

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#18. I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.

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#19. Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.

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#20. One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

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#21. 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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#22. There's some new evidence that has just come out about the CIA planning terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in the '60s and how they were going to set up Castro for it in order to get America behind a war in Cuba.

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#23. The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

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#24. I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.

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