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"The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the show."
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"My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living."
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"The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the show."
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