Larry Wilmore Quotes
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Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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I'm extremely superstitious.
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Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.
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Like a true artist, never be satisfied that your writing cannot be improved.
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Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
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I got what I needed out of Princeton in 1 year, and I didn't think it was useful.
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I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
