Stephen Colbert: There's a way to compare yourself without coveting. He says envy unfolds like so many other emotions in stages of pain, awe and admiration. "I think that this full sequence of emotions probably happens in some version or another for all of us," he says. Stephen Colbert: If you were figure skaters, I would happily be a Tanya Harding to your Nancy Carrigan.
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