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" In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team. "

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" I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative? "

" In my career, I'm always trying to do something different. "

" As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to talk about race. "

" I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time. "

" Any voting group has an interest that they want from politicians. That's why politicians have to talk to different people. But to reduce the black interest to free stuff is so insulting. It just makes me apoplectic. "

" I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist. "

" I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really. "

" As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that. "

" It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues. "

" I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.'' "

" I'm understated in my approach. "

" Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done. "

" The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane. "

" Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics. "

" I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do. "

" We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy. "

" I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is. "

" You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on. "

" I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression. "

" I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words. "

" No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death. "

" MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network. "

" When you have somebody like a Donald Trump - he made no bones about trying to disprove Barack Obama's Americanism in trying to make him out to be some foreigner that was born in Kenya. I thought that to be very racist. "

" The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show. "

" It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day. "

" Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. "

" Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well. "

" When most people become president, even if you disagree with their ideology, you can still agree that they would have the competence to run something... With Trump, I do not have the confidence of that at all. "

" People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves. "

" It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody. "