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" I want people to know my political point of view. There's an appetite for that, almost an expectation. I also want to make people laugh, but I wouldn't want to do it at the expense of my point of view. "

Seth Meyers

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Seth Meyers

Fun

Never

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Seth Meyers

Soul

Tortured

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Good

Thought

" The hands are the feet of the arms. "