Stephen Colbert
I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.
-Stephen Colbert
famous
I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?
-Stephen Colbert
inspirational
No, my mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.
-Stephen Colbert
mom
I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.
-Stephen Colbert
poetry
I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way.
-Stephen Colbert
teacher
In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.'
-Stephen Colbert
truth
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