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"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done."
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Lucille Ball
"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done."
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"A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know."
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Lenny Bruce
"A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know."
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"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian."
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Jim Carrey
"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian."
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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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"I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away."
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Phyllis Diller
"I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away."
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"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
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Groucho Marx
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
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"I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material."
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Kate Clinton
"I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material."
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"I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out."
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Steven Wright
"I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out."
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"Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds."
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Tim Vine
"Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds."
Now,
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"When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother."
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"Cricket is basically baseball on valium."
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Robin Williams
"Cricket is basically baseball on valium."
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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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"Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to."
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Henny Youngman
"Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to."
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"The other day I... uh, no, that wasn't me."
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Steven Wright
"The other day I... uh, no, that wasn't me."
Day,
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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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"I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk."
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Craig Ferguson
"I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk."
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"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."
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Ellen DeGeneres
"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is."
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"I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!"
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Steven Wright
"I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!"
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"I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy."
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Ben Stiller
"I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy."
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"But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective."
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Rowan Atkinson
"But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective."
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"I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything."
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Rob Schneider
"I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything."
Ego,
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"My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance."
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Tim Allen
"My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance."
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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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"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."
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"Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger."
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David Letterman
"Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger."
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"Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally. But try to be creatively lead rather than market lead. And that's important to me."
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Rowan Atkinson
"Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally. But try to be creatively lead rather than market lead. And that's important to me."
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"It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common."
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Stephen Fry
"It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common."
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"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'"
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Les Dawson
"I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'"
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"The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone."
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Joe Rogan
"The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone."
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"It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it."
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W. C. Fields
"It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it."
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"Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is."
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Steve Martin
"Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is."
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"I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun."
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Bob Newhart
"I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun."
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"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her."
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Ellen DeGeneres
"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her."
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"I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once."
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Mitch Hedberg
"I like to hold the microphone cord like this, I pinch it together, then I let it go, then you hear a whole bunch of jokes at once."
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"During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk."
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Fred Allen
"During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk."
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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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"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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"To attract men, I wear a perfume called "New Car Interior.""
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Rita Rudner
"To attract men, I wear a perfume called "New Car Interior.""
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"When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick."
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George Burns
"When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick."
Sea,
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"My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe."
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Emo Philips
"My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe."
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"So I figured I'd leave the area, because I had no ties there anyway except for this girl I was seeing. We had conflicting attitudes: I really wasn't into meditating and she wasn't really into being alive. I told her I knew when I was going to die because my birth certificate has an expiration date."
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Steven Wright
"So I figured I'd leave the area, because I had no ties there anyway except for this girl I was seeing. We had conflicting attitudes: I really wasn't into meditating and she wasn't really into being alive. I told her I knew when I was going to die because my birth certificate has an expiration date."
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"No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early."
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Groucho Marx
"No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early."
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"Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
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Jack Benny
"Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
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"If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said."
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Kevin Nealon
"If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said."
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"My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors."
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Tracey Ullman
"My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors."
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"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."
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Bob Newhart
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."
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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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"I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time' so I ordered French toast during the Renaissance."
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Steven Wright
"I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time' so I ordered French toast during the Renaissance."
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"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."
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Paul Lynde
"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."
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"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."
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