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- I see those picketers, and I think you know, if I weren't a loving, non-violent, spiritual person, I would really go over there and grab…
- Honestly, we'd probably be great parents. But it's a human being, and unless you think you have excellent skills and have a drive or yearning…
- I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God; they don't harbor resentment. I wanted to be a vet…
- Why can't rappers just say nice things? Like I wanna take your clothes off and hang them up in the closet real nice.
- I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, Soup of the Day: Cream of…
- Here's the analogy. If my body were a car, I'd be thinking about trading it in around now. I would like to upgrade. I would…
- Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying -- 'Off you go! That's fine.…
- Just go up to somebody on the street and say 'You're it!' and then run away.
- I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided…
- I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd…
- I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is about sex, and that's fine for me.…
- When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous…
- The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by…
- While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought…
- No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny -…
- Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because…
- I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want…
- One time I actually cleaned out my closet so good I ended up on the cover of Time magazine.
- ...To be honest, I'd be the last person who should be doling out gardeinng advice. I don't have the patience for growing things. Yes, I…
- If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birthday is on June 9 or something. Just…
- Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something…
- The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to…
- I cannot believe they haven't yet come up with a better screening process than the mammogram. If a man had to put his special parts…
- You just have to keep driving down the road. It's going to bend and curve and you'll speed up and slow down, but the road…
- Way, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for breakfast, you couldn’t just go…
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong