Garry Trudeau Quotes
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
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I was never a big-company type of person, and my ideal job was to be self-employed. The ironic thing is you work a lot harder for yourself than you do for anybody else.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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The vision people have of a director is completely flawed - someone with a crystalline vision of everything they're going to do. How boring would that be? It's a creative and collaborative process.
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Our first two records are a lot quieter and more studio-based. We kind of had this feeling like we wanted to make a more quote-unquote 'rock' record. Then Patrick joined and really brought a new Herculean power to the band.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don't like blood sausage.
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In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over.
