Ari Graynor Quotes
It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
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There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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I'm doin' something different. I mean, I talk a little bit about race and interracial dating, but it's not the heart of my act. I just try to do what I think is funny; there's no huge message or through line.
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When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
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Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
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Planned Parenthood is a pretty popular organization. Way more popular than Congress! It claims that one in five women have received care from one of its clinics. And this care, despite what abortion opponents say, is excellent and not easily replaceable by 'community health centers.' Texas tried it, and thousands of women went without care.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman.
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There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.
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Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
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There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.
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When I came on the scene, there was The Nualas, who were doing character comedy, but there weren't any other women doing stand-up because Michelle Read had gone more into theatre.
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Dark Helmet: I see your schwartz is as big as mine.
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It's always bothersome when California does something better than Texas.
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Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.
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It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.
