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Comedian Quote by David Rees

“I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy…” quote by David Rees — Download Open image

“I'm not a professional comedian. Nobody comes to my comedy shows. That's just a little hobby.”

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I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree…

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I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

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I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

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I just wanted a really simple, dramatic way so that fans, people who were reading my comic, would be like, "This is something different."…

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Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are.

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I was just worried that someone was gonna think that I had been commissioned by Jamba Juice to make cartoons about Jamba Juice. And…

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I never thought I would make a living as a pencil-sharpener. The first goal was: I don't want to lose money. And then the…

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I don't like when performers rag on their ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend in absentia. If they're not there, it just feels rude... I'm never going…

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People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those people realize…

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I would make a comic for Rolling Stone every two weeks, because they're biweekly. And then I would make weekly comics for my weekly…

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The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person.

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