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" I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic. "
Larry Wilmore
Fantastic
I Can
Think
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" When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television. "
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" People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves. "
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" The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane. "
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" One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it. "
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" We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy. "
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" Every television show is sentenced to death - time and date of execution unknown. "
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" A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister is a nurse, and her - my other sister's daughter is going into nursing. There's a lot of that in the family. "
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" I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist. "
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" I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is. "
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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.'' "
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You
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" Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night. "
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" I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that. "
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Sometimes
You
Mind
" We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through them. "
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Through
Proud
People
" Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100. "
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Keeping
" 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. "
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Government
Sea
City
" It's a challenge to do satire when the thing you're satirizing is almost beyond satire, but I think that's a challenge for everybody. "
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Think
Challenge
Satire
" When you have somebody like a Donald Trump - he made no bones about trying to disprove Barack Obama's Americanism in trying to make him out to be some foreigner that was born in Kenya. I thought that to be very racist. "
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You
Trying
Born
" My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad. "
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Law
Peace
" Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done. "
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Always
Most
Something
" I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things. "
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Different
Passion
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" I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative? "
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Voice
" You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on. "
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Place
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Time
" I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do. "
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" I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic. "
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" As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to talk about race. "
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" I've always watched the political shows. "
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Watched
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" In my career, I'm always trying to do something different. "
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Career
Always
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" All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing. "
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" When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time. "
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You
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Time
" I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. "
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