Larry Wilmore Quotes
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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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me.
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I'm so excited to be working on 'Doctor Who,' as it's such a big and important part of British culture.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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Fidelity is an overrated virtue. I feel so because people hardly follow it and so it becomes overrated.
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Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it.
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Core strengthening is key to everything. It's not just about the way I look, but about stabilizing my body so I can perform better on stage.
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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.''
