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"People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway."
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Tim Vine
"People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway."
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"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."
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W. C. Fields
"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."
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"I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do from a joke."
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Julian Clary
"I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do from a joke."
End,
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"I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most."
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John Leguizamo
"I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most."
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"Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is."
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Demetri Martin
"Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is."
Fun,
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"Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes."
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Werner Finck
"Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes."
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"Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week."
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David Steinberg
"Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week."
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"I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate."
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Dylan Moran
"I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate."
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"I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself."
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Dylan Moran
"I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself."
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"Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us."
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Larry Miller
"Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us."
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"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."
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Lenny Bruce
"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."
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"Everybody really needs to laugh... If you don't laugh, you're not going to live long."
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Paul Rodriguez
"Everybody really needs to laugh... If you don't laugh, you're not going to live long."
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"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."
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Groucho Marx
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."
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"I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that."
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Dick Gregory
"I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that."
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"Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk."
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John Leguizamo
"Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went out the night before and that really encouraged us to go out and get drunk."
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"You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough."
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Joe E. Lewis
"You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough."
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"Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is."
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Sinbad
"Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is."
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"You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something."
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Mitch Hedberg
"You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something."
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"Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?"
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"Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?"
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"My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted."
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Jim Carrey
"My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted."
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"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."
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Jim Carrey
"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret."
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"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
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Groucho Marx
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
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"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."
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Groucho Marx
"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."
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Bill Hicks
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious."
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"I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content."
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Jenny Eclair
"I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content."
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"Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?"
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Don Rickles
"Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?"
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"Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes."
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Jonathan Katz
"Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes."
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"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"
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Milton Berle
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"
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"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it."
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Steven Wright
"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it."
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"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything."
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Demetri Martin
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything."
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"Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid."
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John Leguizamo
"Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid."
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"I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily."
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Ronnie Corbett
"I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily."
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"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past."
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George Carlin
"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past."
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"Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!"
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Steve Martin
"Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!"
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"I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do."
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Jim Carrey
"I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do."
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"I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western and turning it into an urban flick. And from there you got, you know, all the cop genre movies of the time."
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John Leguizamo
"I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western and turning it into an urban flick. And from there you got, you know, all the cop genre movies of the time."
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"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
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Mel Brooks
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
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"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time."
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Steven Wright
"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time."
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"Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest."
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Demetri Martin
"Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest."
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"Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit."
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Billy Connolly
"Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit."
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"I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup."
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Eddie Izzard
"I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup."
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"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later."
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Mitch Hedberg
"I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later."
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"I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing."
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Buddy Hackett
"I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing."
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"Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia."
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W. C. Fields
"Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia."
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"I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays."
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Henny Youngman
"I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays."
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"The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time."
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Willie Tyler
"The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time."
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"So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'""
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Tim Vine
"So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'""
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"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."
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Damon Wayans
"But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did."
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"There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins."
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Josh Billings
"There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins."
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"As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two."
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Norman Wisdom
"As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two."
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