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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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"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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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 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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"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
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Bob Newhart
"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
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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 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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"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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"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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"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."
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Rita Rudner
"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."
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"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough."
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James Thurber
"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough."
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"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret."
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Henny Youngman
"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret."
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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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"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 have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."
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Groucho Marx
"I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again."
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Dennis Miller
"Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again."
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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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"Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead."
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James Thurber
"Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy, and dead."
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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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"Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time."
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Dennis Miller
"Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time."
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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'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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"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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"I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you."
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Robin Williams
"I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you."
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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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"The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have."
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Ring Lardner
"The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend."
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"Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."
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Mitch Hedberg
"Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."
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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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"Fuck the drug war. Dropping acid was a profound turning point for me, a seminal experience. I make no apologies for it. More people should do acid. It should be sold over the counter."
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George Carlin
"Fuck the drug war. Dropping acid was a profound turning point for me, a seminal experience. I make no apologies for it. More people should do acid. It should be sold over the counter."
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"I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement."
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Fred Allen
"I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement."
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"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."
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George Carlin
"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."
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"What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm."
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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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"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."
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Groucho Marx
"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."
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