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"There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity."
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"As clichA© as it might sound, I'd rather lose than win by cheating. The latter is a much deeper, more personal loss in that one is admittedly whispering to himself his lack of competence. His cheating then begets more cheating, as he is ever-privately, ever-subconsciously insulting himself; thus, gradually deteriorating any remaining confidence."

"We should be people of principles and should fight for these principles."

"It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity."

"Delayed gratification is a major virtue that is missing from our society."

"Some men escape the grip. Maybe their wives have no social ambitions; maybe they've hit a sentence or two in a 'dangerous book' that pleased them; maybe they started on the treadmill as I did and were knocked off. Anyway, they're the congressmen you can't bribe, the Presidents who aren't politicians, the writers, speakers, scientists, statesmen who aren't just populate grab-bags for a half-dozen women and children."
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"The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming."

"When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate."

"I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it."

"I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired."

"Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along."

"It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and recreational drug use doesn't seem to have that same renegade sense of adventure that it once did."

"The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers."
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