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" 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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" Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it. "

Larry Wilmore

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" 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. "

Larry Wilmore

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People

" We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy. "

" I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. "

" If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them. "

" Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else. "

" I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic. "

" I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression. "

" The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society. "

" 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. "

" MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network. "

" People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves. "

" Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well. "

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

" No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death. "

" I'm not really a self-promoter-type person. "

Larry Wilmore

Really

Person

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

" I've pitched many things that have not gone, but every year, I'm in that pilot game like a lot of other writers in Hollywood. "

Larry Wilmore

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Gone

" Even though you're in charge, you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Look at comments about shows and tell me if I'm wrong. Look at shows like 'The Walking Dead' and the ownership that the audience has of that show. "

" Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things. "

Larry Wilmore

Focused

Doing

" You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way. "

" 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. "

" I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time. "

" Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night. "

" Not everybody's gonna get your vision. "

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

" I really love storytelling. "

" When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time. "

" 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. "

Larry Wilmore

Work

Strong

" I didn't even know how much of a feminist I was, and I realized, 'Oh my God, I was raised by a single mom who had to raise six kids. I have three sisters. Larry, you've been a feminist your whole life, and you really didn't know it until you've been presented with these issues.' "