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Marc Maron
Marc Maron

Marc Maron, born on September 27, 1963, is an American comedian, writer, and podcast host. He is renowned for his podcast 'WTF with Marc Maron', which features in-depth interviews that are praised for their authenticity and self-deprecating humor. Maron's comedy career began in the 1980s, and he has performed in numerous comedy clubs and television shows. His work is known for its profound personal reflections and critical examination of social issues. more

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“Yet Irina had once tucked away, she wasn't sure when or why, that happiness is almost definitionally a condition of which you are not aware at the time. To inhabit your own contentment is to be wholly present, with no orbiting satellite to take clinical readings of the state of the planet. Conventionally, you grow conscious of happiness at the very point that it begins to elude you. When not misused to talk yourself into something - when not a lie - the h-word is a classification applied in retrospect. It is a bracketing assessment, a label only decisively pasted onto an era once it is over.”

“Want of imagination makes things unreal enough to be destroyed. By imagination I mean knowledge and love. I mean compassion. People of power kill children, the old send the young to die, because they have no imagination. They have power. Can you have power and imagination at the same time? Can you kill people you don’t know and have compassion for them at the same time?”

“A lot of people seem nice when you first meet them. Then later you find out that they are evil villains who plan to take over the world.”