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My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot, ... So we said, `Let's give him a promotion.
Stephen ColbertAbout author
- Author's profession: Comedian
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 13, 1964
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He saw it for the first time: on the day he died he would be wearing unmatching socks, there would be unanswered e-mails, and in the hovel he called home there would still be shirts missing cuff buttons, a malfunctioning light in the hall, and unpaid bills, uncleared attics, dead flies, friends waiting for a reply and lovers he had not owned up to.
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