Larry Wilmore Quotes
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Not everybody's gonna get your vision.
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I always compartmentalized so many different things.
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I really love storytelling.
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You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on.
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Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
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When most people become president, even if you disagree with their ideology, you can still agree that they would have the competence to run something... With Trump, I do not have the confidence of that at all.
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In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team.
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If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them.
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There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them.
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My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?
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A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister is a nurse, and her - my other sister's daughter is going into nursing. There's a lot of that in the family.
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Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.
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I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
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It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.
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I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.
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I just believe what I believe.
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I set out to have a diverse staff on the 'Bernie Mac Show.'
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All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing.
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My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures.
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I do not look to Hollywood to give me character clues.
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I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic.