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"Earnestness is stupidity sent to college."
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"You know, I come from six generations of college graduates."

"I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly."

"I'm like a bunch of college guys who got together and said, 'Let's make a dude, a crazy dude'."

"It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush."

"One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything."

"We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour."

"I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there."

"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"
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"The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics."

"There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring."

"I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics."

"We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do."

"People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans."

"People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'"
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