We spent the day wrestling with the repercussions of one bad word, when we all should have spent the day incensed that as a nation we are wrenching children from their parents and treating people legally seeking asylum as criminals, if we are OK with that then really, who are we ?

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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

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gambling people years

Christmas: It's the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else can sit at home and reflect on the true meaning of the separation of church and state.

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christmas religious christian

Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.

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pain disappointment sleep

Sex with my first boyfriend was a little bit like learning how to put in a tampon, but only half as enjoyable!

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tampons half sex

I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.

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sitting live-in-the-moment people

There's a danger zone if you take yourself too seriously. It's a terrible trap to fall into. I think it's the death of comedy.

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comedy fall thinking

I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.

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shy people thinking

There's always going to be someone who hates you. There's always going to be people who love you. It's a risk in either direction.

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hate love-you people

I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everyone. But that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife and possible hostage.

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next rude wife

The people I really feel sorry for are all the writers out there who wrote these outrageous comedic romps about a grossly unqualified person who goes on to become a Vice Presidential candidate in a hotly contested presidential race. With hilarious results. They must be so bummed.

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presidential sorry people

As a viewer myself, I tend to gravitate toward projects that have a really strong voice of a strong creator.

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projects voice strong

We definitely sometimes get stuff that's different that we were expecting. I mean, that's part of the joy and the terror of interviewing real, live people. Sometimes they come along the journey with you, and most of the time they don't.

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real journey mean

The worst thing you can do to a dictator is laugh at him.

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dictator worst laughing

You don't want to be glib; you want to treat every story respectfully.

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treats stories want

It's fun to be surrounded by people that you love.

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fun people

Speaking for myself, I try to go out there on the stage and make jokes with people, so I'm not really thinking about the impact anything I have. If it does resonate with people, that's really great.

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trying people thinking

I grew up an only child, so I was so much more adult. My eldest daughter is 10, and I was so much more of an adult than she is. She just doesn't care for the real world. She's not interested.

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daughter real children

A lot of comedy is really DIY. You're kind of doing it yourself.

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diy comedy kind

If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.

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shows goes-on world

You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.

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willing asks