Garry Trudeau Quotes
Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
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I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing.
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People forget that there are villages and communities that are still speaking French all over Canada. I went to a bar and spoke with some French people there, and they were saying: 'I went to English school, but at home it was always French, and that's going to be the way it is for my kids.' It's important for them to keep that language alive.
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I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.
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We're always flexible and pragmatic... It's always important to watch the unemployment rate and to make sure that we can keep most Canadians working. We were successful in that back in 2008-09.
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We'd only speak Korean at home. They wouldn't let us have sleepovers and sent us away to Korean church camp during the summers. We had weird food concoctions, too, so instead of spaghetti bolognese, we had rice bolognese with kimchi.
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I am pro-capitalism, and I am pro-free market.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
