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"I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be when I started."
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Todd Barry
"I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be when I started."
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"I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected."
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Julia Sweeney
"I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected."
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"Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids."
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Dick Smothers
"Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids."
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"I think people really appreciate clever commercials, as do I. I think they're very entertaining. You just have to wade through all the garbage. That's one of the reasons people watch the Super Bowl. A lot of them watch it to see the commercials and not the actual game."
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Kevin Nealon
"I think people really appreciate clever commercials, as do I. I think they're very entertaining. You just have to wade through all the garbage. That's one of the reasons people watch the Super Bowl. A lot of them watch it to see the commercials and not the actual game."
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"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."
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Rodney Dangerfield
"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."
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"I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper."
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David Brenner
"I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper."
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"I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad."
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Julia Sweeney
"I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad."
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"Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants."
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"When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps."
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Dick Gregory
"When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps."
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"I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap."
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Fred Allen
"I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap."
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"My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one."
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Groucho Marx
"My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one."
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"The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it."
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Carrie P. Snow
"The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it."
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"I have too much money invested in sweaters."
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Bob Hope
"I have too much money invested in sweaters."
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"The "what should be" never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no "what should be," there is only what is."
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Lenny Bruce
"The "what should be" never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no "what should be," there is only what is."
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"I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body."
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Ana Gasteyer
"I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body."
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"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it."
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Bill Cosby
"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it."
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"I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time."
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Pauly Shore
"I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time."
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"I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction."
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Ben Stiller
"I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction."
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"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
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"For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off."
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Johnny Carson
"For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off."
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"Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist told USA Today that the actor has not ruled out running for governor of California, saying that he will make a decision soon. Reportedly Arnold needs that time to learn how to pronounce "gubernatorial.""
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Jimmy Fallon
"Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist told USA Today that the actor has not ruled out running for governor of California, saying that he will make a decision soon. Reportedly Arnold needs that time to learn how to pronounce "gubernatorial.""
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"It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky."
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Mitch Hedberg
"It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky."
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"I'll tell you the truth; I wanted to leave me for Sid Caesar."
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Red Buttons
"I'll tell you the truth; I wanted to leave me for Sid Caesar."
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"Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door."
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Ruby Wax
"Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door."
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"I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over."
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Ben Stiller
"I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over."
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"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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Milton Berle
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."
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Steven Wright
"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."
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"Some venues are better run than others. Sometimes it's just maddening to deal with full dinners being served in front of your face. You can have a good or bad show anywhere."
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Todd Barry
"Some venues are better run than others. Sometimes it's just maddening to deal with full dinners being served in front of your face. You can have a good or bad show anywhere."
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"Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me."
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Jo Brand
"Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me."
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"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."
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Todd Barry
"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."
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"Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts."
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Lucille Ball
"Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts."
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"I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do."
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Billy Connolly
"I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do."
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"Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal."
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Wanda Sykes
"Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal."
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"I didn't hang any pictures in my office for a year because I thought that I would be jinxing myself and have to take them down the next day."
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Rob Corddry
"I didn't hang any pictures in my office for a year because I thought that I would be jinxing myself and have to take them down the next day."
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"I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time."
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Will Ferrell
"I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time."
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"Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up."
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Janeane Garofalo
"Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up."
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man."
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James Thurber
"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man."
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"Video games are so popular these days, getting the opportunity to star in one is something special. More people should do it."
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Carrot Top
"Video games are so popular these days, getting the opportunity to star in one is something special. More people should do it."
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"I like going back and writing fiction."
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Julia Sweeney
"I like going back and writing fiction."
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"The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there."
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Chevy Chase
"The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there."
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"It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."
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Rita Rudner
"It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."
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"I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching."
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Dane Cook
"I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching."
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"People always ask me, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" Well, I don't have an alibi."
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Emo Philips
"People always ask me, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" Well, I don't have an alibi."
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"In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander."
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Harpo Marx
"In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander."
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"I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else."
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Josh Billings
"I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else."
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"Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't done anything that bad."
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Ruby Wax
"Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't done anything that bad."
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"Researches tested a new form of medical marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get the user high, prompting patients who need medical marijuana to declare, "Thank you?""
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Jimmy Fallon
"Researches tested a new form of medical marijuana that treats pain but doesn't get the user high, prompting patients who need medical marijuana to declare, "Thank you?""
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"Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together."
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Paul Reiser
"Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together."
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"People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House."
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Robin Williams
"People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House."
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"But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over."
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Paul Reiser
"But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over."
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