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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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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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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I only have room to do things that I have a love for in my life.
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'A Reply to Professor Haldane' (1946), published posthumously in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1966)
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And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large.
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Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.
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The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
