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Comedy Quote by Sid Caesar

“Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the…” quote by Sid Caesar — Download Open image

“Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.”

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The best thing about humour is that it shows people they are not alone.

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Jazz is a beautiful woman whose older brother is a policeman.

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When we could split the screen, it was like 'Wow!'.

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A great NOW will be a great WAS! A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope for is…

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People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'

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If you can't stand yourself, neither can anybody else!

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“What it boiled down to is the strength to be able to say, 'I don't want to think about it.' Thinking negatively is the…

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If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.

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Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that…

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In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

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The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they…

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The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.

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