Larry Wilmore Quotes
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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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I just believe what I believe.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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Not everybody's gonna get your vision.
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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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I really love storytelling.
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We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through 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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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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In my time, I experienced a black man not being able to be the quarterback of a football team.
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It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody.
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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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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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No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death.
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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 get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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I am from Pomona, California. I was born in Los Angeles.
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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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Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
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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.