"Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and..." - Quote by Amy Poehler
Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.
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“Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.”
“I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.”
“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.”
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“I've always felt there are two things a woman should never do after the age of thirty-five: stand in natural light and have a baby.”
“I would tell myself that I was about to address the largest mass assembly of idiots ever gathered in the history of mankind.”
“My mama never wore a pair of pants when I was growing up, and now that's all she wears. It was so funny for me when I first started seeing Mama wear pants. It was like it wasn't Mama. Now I've bought her many a pantsuit because she just lives in them.”
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“Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.”
“A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood... A day will come when we shall see... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.”
“And, when the votes are counted, let everybody, including the candidates, get into a good humor as quick as they got into a bad one.”