Larry Wilmore Quotes
We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
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There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution.
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Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
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I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'
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No, I'm happy doing this. Five sweaters and a pair of dirty pants, you can make pretty good money.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
