Garry Trudeau Quotes
Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
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One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.
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Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt out.
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The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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I'm an actor, that's what I do every day. Dressing up is part of my job. But whatever you wear you should always be yourself: never go totally with the fashion but use what there is available to be an individual.
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My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
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Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution.
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
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How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last shot at 'nailing' it. I love to write ending lines; usually, I know them first and write toward them, but if I knew how they came to me, I wouldn't tell.
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You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.
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New York City has an integration problem.
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Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
