Quote #47

Presenting the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program Award with Jon Stewart.

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  1. Jon Stewart: Thank you very much, it's a pleasure to be here tonight.
  2. Colbert: (talking about reality TV): It warps the minds of our children and weakens the resolve of our allies.
  3. And I just like the guy. He's a good joe. Obviously loves his wife, calls her his better half, and polls show America agrees.
  4. Stewart: We are here to honor achievement in [reality television]...
  5. Who's Britannica to tell me that the Panama Canal was built in 1914? If I want to say that it was built in 1941, that's my right as an Amer…
  6. Earlier in the evening, Colbert had been beaten in the Outstanding Individual Performance category by Barry Manilow.
  7. I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is possible - I saw this guy do it once in Cirque du Soleil. It was m…
  8. My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned, but an idiot: So we said, 'Let's give him a promotion.'

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