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“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.”

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Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician, born on October 8, 1941. He is renowned for his pivotal role in the civil rights movement and his relentless pursuit of economic and social justice. more

“But the main thing I don't want to be is un-funny. That's really the mandate. Just whatever we're doing, make it as funny as we can possibly make it. And believe me, if the show starts going down, we'll introduce a baby. We'll do everything that they did on `Family Ties.' I'm not afraid of that.”

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“Remember that guy who got gored by a bull and the bull pulled his underwear off and he had to run around the ring naked? If that footage comes out, I'll run that.”

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“To me, that's where a lot of satire lies. News used to hold itself to a higher plane and slowly it has dissolved into, well, me.”

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“I mean, I'm not hoping for the apes and the monolith. I'm hoping for controlled chaos to assist us.”

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“Hopefully the only things off-limits are crummy jokes, but being a standup comedian, I know that's not always the case... You know it when you have to take a shower afterward.”

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“As we approach the millennium with sort of the idea that society is going to start spiraling into chaos, I'd love to be making jokes about that. Who wants to miss out on that? If the world is going to end, I want to be there the night before, goofing off.”

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“The value of holding a grudge. And to always refer to my father sarcastically as Mr. Wonderful.”

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“Never name it after yourself. Maybe we'll throw a with in there. That seems to work. Like Late Show With David Letterman.”

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“I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.”

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