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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."
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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."
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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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Explore more quotes by Todd Barry

"I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."
Film

"I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate."
Culture

"I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage."
Comedy

"People in New York love having roof parties."
Love

"I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians."
People

"Only lately, like within the last few years, have I had people actually do an impression of me to me, which weirds me out to think of what they have picked up on, without ever realizing it myself."
People

"It was actually 3 years between albums. That seems like a long time to me."
Time

"I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work."
Time

"Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons."
Comedy

"I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up."
Experience
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