"There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another."

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"There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another."

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"The night creeps in by subtle degrees while a show of fierce colors attracts and distracts me. I look up, suddenly aware of remote lights scattered overhead. I gasp as the last streak of fire dies on the horizon, and I comprehend it all too late. That crafty, dark night has swallowed my world whole."

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"Making sleep happen is a must - anytime, anywhere, from a plane to a train to an automobile. Ideally, I like to get eight to ten hours a night, though I'll take it broken up in two segments if I have to."

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"The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live."

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"I was working at this club in downtown L.A. from four to eight at night, just Eddie Rubin, the drummer, and I."

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"Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low."

Howard Stern, American Entertainer

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"Yes, beef is what was for dinner last night. Tonight it will be my dinner, and it will continue to be."

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"Most of those mocking us and our works night after night have not reached the point of suggesting we are going to use those weapons. They are pretty useless right now."

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"It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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