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Chance Quote by Jon Lovett

“We don't want people to be afraid of saying something interesting on the off chance it's taken the wrong way.” quote by Jon Lovett — Download Open image

“We don't want people to be afraid of saying something interesting on the off chance it's taken the wrong way.”

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'1600 Penn' was a hit. It's 2018. Anything you want can be true.

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We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to do that when it's considered dangerous, strange, or, by some, offensive. And we should be, all of us, trying to protect that. It's really important.

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