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" There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them. "

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

" There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing. "

" I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense. "

" 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. "

" I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. "

" I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess. "

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

" When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody. "

" 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. "

" My parents are from the Midwest. They're from Evanston, Illinois. They moved out to Los Angeles right before I was born. "

" I'd rather go after the people who are the guardians or what we're doing - the news people and the politicians and that sort of thing. I always feel like those should be my targets, not really entertainers. That's just my personal opinion. "

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

" It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength. "

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

" I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic. "

" Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately. "

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

" When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time. "

" I get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it. "

" Not everybody's gonna get your vision. "

" 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. "

" I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic. "

" I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you. "

" 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. "

" Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown. "

" 'The Daily Show,' at its core, is the answer to the nightly news. "

" I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man. "

" 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. "

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

" I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well. "