Amy Poehler

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in Newton, MA, The United States

September 16, 1971

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Amy Meredith Poehler is an American actress, comedian, voice artist, producer and writer. Raised in Burlington, Massachusetts, she graduated from Boston College in 1993 and moved to Chicago, Illinois, to study improv at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. In 1996, she moved to New York City after becoming part of the improvisational comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, which later developed into an eponymous television show that aired on Comedy Central for three seasons. Poehler was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 1999.

Poehler was a cast member on the NBC television show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she became the co-anchor of the Weekend Update sketch along with her friend an ...more

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Average rating: 3.80 · 204,244 ratings · 17,269 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Yes Please 3.79 avg rating — 203,950 ratings — published 2014 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Inside Out by Pete Docter (Introduction), Amy Poehler (Foreword) 4.17 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Amy Poehler

“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

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“I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things.”
― Amy Poehler

tags: dreams, friends, judgement, people, relationships, support

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“I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they “want to do” and start asking them what they don’t want to do.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

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Yes Please by Amy Poehler

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Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes, #1) by Sara Raasch

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

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Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

9 votes, 13.0%

The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) by Marie Lu

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

7 votes, 10.1%

Talon by Julie Kagawa

6 votes, 8.7%

The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

5 votes, 7.2%

The World of Ice & Fire The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The World of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

5 votes, 7.2%

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

5 votes, 7.2%

Beautiful You: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

4 votes, 5.8%

Compulsion (The Heirs of Watson Island, #1) by Martina Boone

Compulsion by Martina Boone

2 votes, 2.9%

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