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“YouTube is covered in comments that would be better expressed - and better spelled - via a simple thumbs-up or down.”

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They will wrest 'dull words' from my cold dead hands.

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Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead…

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You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who…

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Almost nothing anyone told me about Harvard has been accurate.

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Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people…

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I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On…

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Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.

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Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach…

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Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the thought of…

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George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could…

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At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker.

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It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

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A strong, durable Puerto Rican economy will leave the island better prepared to handle future natural disasters.

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In my first 100 days as Ontario's Minister of Transportation, I found a willing municipal partner in the City of Toronto that shares our…

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It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women…

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I like to collaborate with other people for studio recordings because I believe collaboration, in any form, makes music better.

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Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it like building…

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Not having drops and not taking plays off, if I do that it will make everyone around me better.

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Cara Delevingne and I took an eyebrow selfie. We both have prominent eyebrows, but hers are much better than mine. Maybe we should do…

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