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" I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. "

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" People are always going to say stupid things, and you're always going to be able to make jokes about that, but it should be the last thing you add in, because it's the easiest thing. "

" The disconnect between America and its military is shocking. "

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" People are friendlier in New York than London. "

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" I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go. "

" I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because it's a very quick way to realize that what I'm doing is not that important. It's not really worth getting stressed about because it's not, you know, war. "

" Most stand-ups, once they have done it, think of it as their default job. I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart still feels that way now. You are a stand-up first; other things come and go. "

" Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you. "

" I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression. "

" There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. "

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" If you're asking me, would I have voted for Mitt Romney, the answer is absolutely not. Emphatically not. I cannot envision a world in which I would have voted for Mitt Romney unless I sustained a massive concussion. "

" If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we speak to each other: you communicate the information between the lines of insulting sentences. "

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" I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think. "

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" Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually. "

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" There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that. "

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" I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas. "

" I can't relax. I find vacations problematic. "

" People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor. "