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" Honestly we never lied to people about who we were. Usually the wackier interviews came to pass because the interview subjects, aware that we were Comedy Central, just wanted to get their stories out. "

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" Generally I get up at around 7. But oftentimes, I'll be lolling in bed a little bit earlier - sometimes as early as 5:45 - filing in my mind all the things I have to get done. Which is, of course, totally unproductive. "

Mo Rocca

Done

Bed

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" I'm in fact a hair under six feet, but I'm very svelte. People would never see me if I turned sideways. "

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Hair

Feet

" I still don't know how to cook and that's just unacceptable. "

" It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears. "

" Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore? "

" I was way too hyperactive to study for long. I would freak out, then crash, then be too tired to read or write. I really should have had less sugar. "

" Homemade sweaters are always itchy. "

" Look, not embracing the 'Today' show is soooo yesterday. "

" I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things. "

" No, no, no separate but equal... never the twain shall meet. And the pendulum kept swinging and it came to rest in the bastard hybrid known as the Daily Show. "

" I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special. "

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Myself

Self

" I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way. "

" I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down. "

" It's one of my favorite things to do, watch TV and stretch. I'm so flexible. I can put my legs behind my head. I want to be the most flexible person in the world. "

" Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy. "

" I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira. "

" If I had a time machine I would go back 30 years and show up at my grandmother's apartment before the gargantuan meals she would serve and I would help her. "

" I hate homemade sweaters. "

" I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation. "

" I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies. "

Mo Rocca

Peace

Army

" Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple. "

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End

" Think of all that hard work our founding fathers put in - the revolutionizing, the three-fifths compromising, having to write the entire Constitution with a quill - and yet they neglected to include the right to vote. "

" I was not a jock in high school. I know, you're shocked. "

" My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day. "

" I am a kamikaze gadfly. "

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" If there's one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that, right or wrong, they hate the press. "

" One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. "

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" I can't be everything to everyone. Send me your specs. "

" I have a Keurig coffee maker, which is really kind of a luxury. It was given to me by an ex. I realized when I'm feeling sentimental, I'll gently, tenderly press the button. Then when I remember he dumped me, I punch it. "

" Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously. "