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Playboy Interview: Sarah Silverman

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It’s a process. When you have an act that’s polished and you’re in the zone, you can’t wait to get out there. But I’m in a place where I’m backstage going, “I have fucking nothing!” I just feel like a loser. But I’ve also realized I can’t go out and keep doing the same fake racist metajokes anymore. Otherwise 30 years will go by and I’ll be the guy onstage going [imitates Andrew Dice Clay], “Hickory dickory dock!”

Source: Playboy
Published: Mar 26, 2010
Length: 24 minutes (6,158 words)

‘Who’s Gonna Get Me a Beer?’ An interview with Lee Marvin

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MALIBU, 1970 — The door flew open from inside, revealing Lee Marvin in a torrid embrace, bent over Michelle Triola, a fond hand on her rump. “Love!” he said. “It’s all love in this house. Nothing but love. All you need is love . . .”

Source: Esquire
Published: Oct 10, 1970
Length: 29 minutes (7,408 words)

Tim Pawlenty: The Esquire Interview

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The Minnesota governor, whom many expect to run for president in 2012, on bailouts, health care, whether Obama is a socialist, and where Republicans go from here

Source: Esquire
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 35 minutes (8,854 words)

Interview: Berkeley Breathed

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I drew what seemed amusing to me. That was the extent of my thoughtfulness when it came to designing the Bloom County world. As with most cartoonists, a comic strip is an unsavory peek into the head of its maker. Having said that, I have no inkling as to the inside of Jim Davis’s head from a reading of Garfield. It was the classic corporate invention—drawn by a staff—which made it fun to skewer. It was there to sell shit.

Source: Vice Magazine
Published: Jan 7, 2010
Length: 9 minutes (2,482 words)

Interview: Elizabeth Warren

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The financial watchdog on the trouble the American middle class is in, who’s responsible for it, and what needs to be done to fix it.

Published: Jan 1, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,406 words)

Onion AV Club Interview with Bronson Pinchot

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Source: Onion A.V. Club
Published: Oct 20, 2009
Length: 19 minutes (4,782 words)

1995 Interview with Steve Jobs

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“The minute you understand objects, it’s all exactly the same. All software will be written using object oriented technology some day. You can argue about how long its going to take, who the winners and loosers are going to be, but I don’t think a rational person will debate its significance.”

Published: Apr 20, 1995
Length: 44 minutes (11,134 words)

Bill Clinton, Then and Now: The Esquire Interview

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In a sprawling discussion of his past and our common future, the former president compares his administration’s early years with Obama’s and talks about what he believes — in health care and next year’s midterms — is about to happen

Source: Esquire
Published: Sep 1, 2009
Length: 51 minutes (12,949 words)

Notes on a Scandal: Interview with Jenny Sanford

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For the record, Jenny Sanford and most of her friends were as shocked as the rest of America when they learned about Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair with an Argentinian divorcee.

Source: Vogue
Published: Aug 1, 2009
Length: 34 minutes (8,701 words)

Interview with Rob Janoff, Designer of the Apple Logo

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“We presented two versions of the logo. One with and one without the bite. Just in case he thought the bite was too cute. Fortunately he went with the one that gave it the most personality with the bite. Frankly it was a no brainer and you would miss the mark if you don’t show some kind of an apple. When I presented I showed him several variations. Striped version, solid color version, metallic version. All those with the same shape.”

Author: Ivan
Source: Creative Bits
Published: Aug 3, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,686 words)