Amy Poehler Quotes
It's easier to be brave when you're not alone.
Poehler, Amy. Yes Please. Dey Street Books, 2014.
Goebel, a state senator, had campaigned against the railroad and corporate trusts. He was the first candidate in Kentucky to openly campaign for the Black vote and he, even though a Democrat, got it. The railroads and trusts campaigned hard for the incumbent. A very close election produced a crisis when the incumbent Republican Governor refused to give up the Statehouse and armed men converged on the capital. Somehow Goebel was shot and mortally wounded.
Amy Poehler is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
