Matt Groening Quotes
'Adult Swim' on the Cartoon Network is unbelievable. And 'South Park' continues to do great stuff. And 'Family Guy' and the various other Seth MacFarlane projects are amazing.
Quotes to Explore
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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I caught up on a lot of just domestic normal everyday stuff, and grew up a lot, and went to therapy, and did a lot of contemplating and figuring things out. I needed to just strip everything away and figure out who I am and get to know myself, as cheesy as that sounds.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years.
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How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
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I really do have a self-censorship problem, which isn't the way you should be if you're a cartoonist.
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Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.
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It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.
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The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.
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'Adult Swim' on the Cartoon Network is unbelievable. And 'South Park' continues to do great stuff. And 'Family Guy' and the various other Seth MacFarlane projects are amazing.
