Garry Trudeau Quotes

• Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.

  Garry Trudeau

  Graduation, College, World

  "Peace, war, economy dominate graduation speeches" by Patricia McCormack, www.upi.com. May 29, 1982.

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• I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

  Garry Trudeau

  Trying, Lifestyle, Favourite

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• Freedom should always be discussed within the context of responsibility.

  Garry Trudeau

  Responsibility, Absolutism, Should

  "'Doonesbury’s' Garry Trudeau on free speech, responsible satire and Charlie Hebdo". Garry Trudeau's acceptance speech for George Polk Awards at Long Island University in New York, www.washingtonpost.com. April 14, 2015.

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• Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

  Garry Trudeau

  Mirrors, Bounds, Smoke

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• I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.

  Garry Trudeau

  People, Trying, Compromise

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• I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

  Garry Trudeau

  Skills, Underwear, Happens

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• America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

  Garry Trudeau

  Country, America, Arrogance

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• Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks,
  you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.

  Garry Trudeau

  Life Is Like, Bathroom, Get Up

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• At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.

  Garry Trudeau

  Expression, Absolutism, Free Expression

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• Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

  Garry Trudeau

  Moving, Humor, Responsibility

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• Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.

  Garry Trudeau

  Political, Dumb, Information

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• In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.

  Garry Trudeau

  Spring, Divorce, Thinking

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• When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.

  Garry Trudeau

  Moving, Kind, Natural

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• I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.

  Garry Trudeau

  Day Well Spent, Parades, Passing

  Interview with David Plotz, www.slate.com. October 25, 2010.

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• I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.

  Garry Trudeau

  Perspective, Pieces, Littles

  Interview with David Plotz, www.slate.com. October 25, 2010.

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• I'm a reader of milblogs, but as with all blogs, the wheat/chaff ratio makes it a poor investment of time.

  Garry Trudeau

  Ratios, Wheat, Investment

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

  Garry Trudeau

  Nice, Military, Moving

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• The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.

  Garry Trudeau

  Money, Suffering, Poor

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• America is one of the few places where the failure to promote oneself is widely regarded as arrogance.

  Garry Trudeau

  America, Arrogance, Oneself

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• That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.

  Garry Trudeau

  Character, Writing, Entertainment

  "Garry Trudeau: What a Long, Strange Strip It’s Been". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/february 2007.

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• At college my three main interests were - in descending order of importance - a steady supply of recreational drugs, a 2-S draft deferment, and overthrowing the Nixon administration.

  Garry Trudeau

  College, Order, Drug

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• Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education?

  Garry Trudeau

  Self Esteem, Character, Sides

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• Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

  Garry Trudeau

  Pain, Frustration, Goal

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• Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?

  Garry Trudeau

  Doctors, Decision, Want

  "'You're a Good Friend to the Ladies, Dad'". Interview with Emily Bazelon, www.slate.com. March 15, 2012.

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• Most writers seem to prefer the morning, or they feel at their best in the morning. Ideas are popping into your head while you're in the shower. And that's true for me, as well.

  Garry Trudeau

  Morning, Ideas, Showers

  Source: collider.com

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