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"George Clooney has blamed his troubled past for keeping him from getting involved with politics. The actor - who has been a vocal activist for aiding the people of Sudan - claimed that the things he was involved with as a young person would bar him from finding popularity with the vast majority of American voters. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t live my life in the right way for politics, you know. I f**ked too many chicks and did too many drugs, and that&amp;#039;s the truth,&amp;quot; he told Newsweek.  &amp;quot;[They] would start from the beginning by saying, &amp;#039;I did it all. I drank the bong water. Now let&amp;#039;s talk about issues&amp;#039;. That&amp;#039;s gonna be my campaign slogan, &amp;#039;I drank the bong water&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; However, Clooney went on to say that politics is not the only way to make a change in the world, and named Bono in particular as a celebrity who has made a difference with his fame.  &amp;quot;Celebrity can help focus news media where they have abdicated their responsibility. We can&amp;#039;t make policy, but we can &amp;#039;encourage&amp;#039; politicians more than ever before,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;Bono&amp;#039;s model really worked. There is more attention on celebrity than ever before - and there is a use for that besides selling products.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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