Larry Wilmore Quotes
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
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I like pushing boundaries.
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I think music sharing of any kind is great.
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I love researching, I love interviewing.
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Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.
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If you want to plan a revolution, you never do it in public - the authorities show up and arrest everyone.
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We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that.
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My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It's morally useful not in a political way, but it makes your heart bigger; it's emotionally and spiritually empowering.
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I don't have a particular go-to political blog.
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I've always watched the political shows.
