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" As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that. "

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" In my career, I'm always trying to do something different. "

" Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done. "

" I'm understated in my approach. "

Larry Wilmore

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" I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.'' "

" I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate. "

" I set out to have a diverse staff on the 'Bernie Mac Show.' "

" I always compartmentalized so many different things. "

" There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing. "

" I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do. "

Larry Wilmore

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" I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. "

" There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them. "

" It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day. "

" Not everybody's gonna get your vision. "

" Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. "

" I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content. "

" Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know? "

" I've always watched the political shows. "

" I would consider myself more a passionate centrist. "

" I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude. "

Larry Wilmore

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" I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really. "

" Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100. "

" Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately. "

" Any voting group has an interest that they want from politicians. That's why politicians have to talk to different people. But to reduce the black interest to free stuff is so insulting. It just makes me apoplectic. "

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People

" The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know? "

Larry Wilmore

You

Know

" I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words. "

" My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures. "

" The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer. "

" I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense. "

" When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody. "