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"There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon."
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"Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people."
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Rowan Atkinson
"Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people."
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"It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes."
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George Carlin
"It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes."
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"A lot of stars don't have a sense of humor."
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Kathy Griffin
"A lot of stars don't have a sense of humor."
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"That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard."
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Joe Rogan
"That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard."
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"You can kind of feel when things are going to work out."
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
"You can kind of feel when things are going to work out."
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"I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly."
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Steven Wright
"I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly."
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"The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest."
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Al Franken
"The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest."
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"What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign."
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Dennis Miller
"What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign."
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"I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless."
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Billy Connolly
"I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless."
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"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."
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Todd Barry
"There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake."
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"Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself."
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Margaret Cho
"Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself."
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"I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener."
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Ben Stiller
"I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener."
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"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."
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Steven Wright
"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."
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"There were a lot of areas we didn't cover that I'm hoping to cover if we do some specials. One is to see more of Patsy's home and her home life, which is just the saddest thing."
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Jennifer Saunders
"There were a lot of areas we didn't cover that I'm hoping to cover if we do some specials. One is to see more of Patsy's home and her home life, which is just the saddest thing."
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"Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty."
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Steve Martin
"Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty."
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"Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young."
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Mike Myers
"Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young."
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"Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."
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Joan Rivers
"Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."
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"This is the opposite of the free market."
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Bill Maher
"This is the opposite of the free market."
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"We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names."
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Paul Reiser
"We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names."
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"I was in the supermarket the other day, and I met a lady in the aisle where they keep the generic brands. Her name was 'woman."
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Steven Wright
"I was in the supermarket the other day, and I met a lady in the aisle where they keep the generic brands. Her name was 'woman."
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"Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand."
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Dennis Miller
"Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand."
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"If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone elses' scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it."
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Rachel Dratch
"If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone elses' scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it."
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"Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others."
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Eddie Izzard
"Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others."
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"If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice."
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George Gobel
"If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice."
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"For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off."
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Johnny Carson
"For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off."
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"Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience."
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Jerry Stiller
"Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience."
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"I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film."
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Chevy Chase
"I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film."
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"There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it."
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Josh Billings
"There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it."
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"I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes."
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Tracey Ullman
"I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes."
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"But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there."
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Robert Klein
"But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there."
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"We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican."
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Kate Clinton
"We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican."
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"The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep."
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James Thurber
"The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep."
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"I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church."
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Paul Lynde
"I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church."
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"If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market."
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Dick Gregory
"If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market."
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"If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it."
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Wanda Sykes
"If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it."
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"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?"
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James Thurber
"Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?"
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"When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in."
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Bob Hope
"When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in."
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"In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that - oh, who cares?"
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Amy Poehler
"In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that - oh, who cares?"
Day,
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"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."
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Jay Leno
"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."
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"I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own."
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Les Dawson
"I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own."
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"It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special."
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Todd Barry
"It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special."
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"I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people."
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"Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time."
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Dylan Moran
"Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time."
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"I never told a joke in my life."
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Andy Kaufman
"I never told a joke in my life."
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"I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh."
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Jo Brand
"I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh."
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"The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born."
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Elayne Boosler
"The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born."
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"I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work."
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Todd Barry
"I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work."
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"When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?""
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Steven Wright
"When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?""
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"It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there."
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Sam Kinison
"It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there."
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