Matt Groening Quotes

I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to keep the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul.

Matt Groening

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SoulTryingNoseStickHereSure

I've always felt like I had a personal relationship with fans. I'm not afraid to be emotional or vulnerable or humble.

Jim Irsay

RelationshipHumblePersonalAfraid

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

John Dalberg-Acton

IgnoranceSimpleWillDevelopment

Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.

John Fahey

WellShowTonightAboutFolks

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

Steven Gerrard

HomeFeelKnowWayListenFans

The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor working-class family. Most of the people who look like me are in prison.

Roger Ross Williams

FamilyManPeopleMeBlackPrison

Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?

Joy Bryant

PeopleBlackYouKnowGroup

I'm still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

Dhani Harrison

UsedBeingStillMaybeGetting

FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the 24-hour cable world, because it's almost like the press demands of you to be saying something or doing something every day.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

DayRelaxWorldSayingDoingYou

I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.

Brandon Routh

JobCoolThinkingStopKnowQuit

Barack Obama likes to point to General Motors as the poster child for the job creation success of his economic policies. However, whatever your sentiments about the government's bailout of General Motors, for every job Barack Obama 'saved-or-created' in the U.S. there were two jobs off shore.

Bob Beauprez

SuccessJobGovernmentChildShore

Just because you live 20 years or 100 years doesn't make it less meaningful. They're both short amount of times. So all we can do is just live in that time, whatever time we're given.

Ansel Elgort

LiveTimeShortYouJust Because

Your mind can't always tell the difference between pretend and reality if you pretend too long; or if you go too deep and really believe in what you're doing. If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is.

Annabella Sciorra

YourselfMindBelieveDeepReality

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