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Thinking Quotes by Jon Stewart

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Jon Stewart pushes back against the idea that there are only two sides to an issue. He points out that busy people are hard to mobilize, so government must find smarter ways to engage. He also uses humor to expose how some folks feel like outsiders in the race debate.

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I don't think politics is any longer about a conversation with the country.

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A guy who says what people who aren't thinking are thinking.

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I think the main thing that has to end is men's defensiveness.

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'Powell movement.' What do you think 'PM' stands for?

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Honestly, folks, I think my brain is broken.

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I don't think marijuana should be illegal.

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What's with the poverty Tourette's? Why do these two think we need a hobo for president?

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[John McCain] didn't believe me. I think anybody who's been in a POW camp for five years can - take eight minutes…

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I thinking gay and straight people use the same putters, it's not a matter of putters but a matter of hole selection.

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You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, "Hey, there's something wrong with this…

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Here's the way I look at it. President Bush has uranium-tipped bunker busters and I have puns. I think he'll be OK.

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I would think black people think everything is about race. They are the ones who are on the outside of the game.…

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I really think [the Bush Administration]'s foreign policy agenda is to spread irony through the world.

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I think you lose your innocence when you have kids, because the world suddenly becomes a much more dangerous place.

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And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people…

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I don't think, if anything, I don't think it's a feeling of hopelessness that people feel. I think if they feel -…

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The government is just you know, blowing the doors off the media. And not everywhere, and I think, this is where you…

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One of the things that I do think government counts on is that people are busy. And it's very difficult to mobilize…

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They create these rules and argue about things we don't even understand. It is like watching soccer. You sit there and you're…

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I'm also interviewing a guy who's just written a book about his experience living in Iraq, faced with the type of violence…

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I can't tell you how many times we'll run into a journalist and go, "Boy that's...I wish we could be saying that.…

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You talk about the Pro-Life movement being one of the great shames of our nation. I think, if you want number two,…

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While opponents label (Howard) Dean a throwback liberal, The New York Times recently noted that as governor, Dean cut income taxes, reformed…

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Thomas Jefferson once said: 'Of course the people don't want war. But the people can be brought to the bidding of their…

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If someone was to introduce hope and idealism into our political system, I think the tension that would create in other areas…

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I reject the idea there are just two sides. I think that with the amount of ideas and thoughts there are, it's…

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I think that's why they're so really - here's the disconnect. It's sort of this odd and I've always had this problem…

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I think you are looking at sexuality and not attributes, and I think it's odd because the conservative mantra is a meritocracy.…

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Everybody talks about the entitlement generation. There is no time I'd rather live in than now, and there is no generation I…

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If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it's not politics - and this is, I think, probably…

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The important thing is, that I guess I don't spend any time thinking about what I am or what we do means.…

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If the world does need to repopulate at some point, the announcing team of Rob Lowe and Sofia Vergara, I think, would…

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Cause if there's one thing Islamic terrorists don't have is…(seriously thinking about it)…%#@&!

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When you think about it, Alaska is also near the North Pole, so she must also be friends with Santa.

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I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about.

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I think, with the administration they do Constitutionally-mandated things most of the time, but they don't - they fulfill the letter of…

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Watching these channels all day is incredibly depressing. I live in a constant state of depression. I think of us as turd…

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I think it's just about the machine is about reporting the news, and then reporting the news about the news, and then…

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I think that, if we do anything in a positive sense for the world, is provide one little bit of context, that's…

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I think the metric by which television is considered liberal is literally based on the metric of liberalism in each person's soul.…

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Clearly, I'm way older than everyone.

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I don't think marijuana should be illegal.

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The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective.

A guy who says what people who aren't thinking are thinking.

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Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's…

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