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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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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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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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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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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Paul Krugman is a danger to society!
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My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.
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Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
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I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.
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I don't think there should be anything that women are embarrassed to talk about in the 21st century, because for the last 100,000 years, men have said everything that's on their minds and described everything they have done.
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I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
