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Powerful Janeane Garofalo for Daily Growth

Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.

- Janeane Garofalo

Boston, Idea, Very, Hating

I'm a sucker for any guy with an accent with any kind.

- Janeane Garofalo

Kind, Guy, Any, Sucker

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

- Janeane Garofalo

Reputation, Difficult, Being, Overly

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

- Janeane Garofalo

Think, Wanting, Which, Liberation

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

- Janeane Garofalo

Work, Good Work, Hours, Ethic

Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film.

- Janeane Garofalo

City, Generation, Comedy, Tina

I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.

- Janeane Garofalo

Say, More, Willing, Animated

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

- Janeane Garofalo

Glass, Always, Side, Cracked

Men are allowed to age. Men are allowed to gain weight. Men are allowed to be quirky looking.

- Janeane Garofalo

Men, Weight, Allowed, Gain Weight

TV, it's a director's medium, and they wanna make it look interesting. To be rehearsing mostly for the sake of where you're standing so they can do the lighting, that's what I don't like.

- Janeane Garofalo

Like, TV, Mostly, Rehearsing

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

- Janeane Garofalo

Celebrity, Ideal, Absolutely, Spokesperson

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

- Janeane Garofalo

Me, Act, Than, Kisses

To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.

- Janeane Garofalo

Demeanor, Awkwardness, Aloof

I'm not specifically attached to anything other than trying to, in my personal life, fight against where I see right wing thinking. Whether it be around my dinner table or on the street or somebody reading the New York Post.

- Janeane Garofalo

Other, Against, Right Wing, Wing

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement.

- Janeane Garofalo

Media, Communist, Better Off, Peace Movement

I have yet to meet very many people in the press who are really, truly interested in writing a good story or getting at the truth. Most press people, when they come into an article, have an angle that they want already, so they need points to support that angle, whatever the angle may be.

- Janeane Garofalo

Good, Good Story, Very, Article

I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.

- Janeane Garofalo

Run, Through, Streets, Only Time

Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

- Janeane Garofalo

Area, Iraq, Dominance, Geopolitical

My dream would be to be on a show that shoots in New York, because I live here, and then I could walk to work.

- Janeane Garofalo

New, Here, Could, Shoots

I've seen other comics, with great pleasure, watching their own specials, and I don't know how or why they do it.

- Janeane Garofalo

Pleasure, Other, Comics, Great Pleasure

I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don't speak at all, and he'll be friendly to you.

- Janeane Garofalo

Friendly, Very, De Niro, Thrilled

I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.

- Janeane Garofalo

Love, Other, Senses, Cooking Show

The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off.

- Janeane Garofalo

World, Better, Communist, Superpower

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

- Janeane Garofalo

Skin, Celebrity, Makes, Crawl

The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

- Janeane Garofalo

Glass, Always, Lip, Tooth

You know, there's nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they're not quite certain what he's saying.

- Janeane Garofalo

Interesting, Nothing, More, Racists

Boy, does that give you street cred for years after, if you tell people you were on 'The Larry Sanders Show!'

- Janeane Garofalo

Give, Tell, Show, Larry

Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.

- Janeane Garofalo

Here, Some, Unconscious, Natural Resources

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive.

- Janeane Garofalo

Very, Reasons, Deny, Naive

You know, I've had Botox. The woman who does it is very good, obviously. Very conservative.

- Janeane Garofalo

Woman, Conservative, Very, Botox

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