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" A lot of people in television who've had successful shows claim the 'Roseanne' show as their starting place, and I'm really proud of that. "
Roseanne Barr
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" I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful. "
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" You can't break through Hollywood formulaic points of view. I've tried, and I think I was more successful than anybody at doing it. "
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" You can always get better. Nobody can stop you from getting better, and nobody can stop you from trying to make something right. "
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" I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form. "
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" And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny. "
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" Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with. "
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I Believe
Space
" The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine seasons. It was mysteriously instantaneous! "
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End
Fame
Moment
" Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest bidder as opposed to the people they claim to represent. I cannot be bought. "
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America
Claim
" Nobody wanted the 'Roseanne' show. I heard from agents that there was no interest in a show about a fat woman and her family. "
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Woman
Show
" I try to do women's-point-of-view comedy. The joke is, 'This is what I think; there's the truth.' I try to think of stuff that's real broad, but the more personal it is, the more universal it is. All my friends go through the same stuff. "
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Friends
Comedy
Try
" Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to that, women need righteous and strong men who will help us to use our most cherished gifts: the ability to multitask and problem solve. "
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Roads
Strong
Women
" A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego. "
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Beer
Ego
Personal
" I think I'm hysterical. I watch myself on tape and just roar - isn't that weird? "
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Just
Weird
Watch
" I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I wrote. "
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Because
Always
Writer
" The American people are sick and tired of this 'lesser evil' garbage they get fed every election year. Both the Democrats and the Republicans do the same evils once they're in office. "
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Election
Evil
People
" Nothing real or truthful makes its way to TV unless you are smart and know how to sneak it in, and I would tell you how I did it, but then I would have to kill you. "
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Smart
You
Way
" Just ten of the Jewish billionaires on this Earth have more than enough to transform the occupied territories into heaven. We can put the 'pal' back in Palestinian. "
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Heaven
Just
More
" The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner. "
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Cleaning
Out
Riding
" There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect. "
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Hell
More
Most
" Imitation is the sincerest form of show business. "
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Show Business
Imitation
Business
" My real life is funnier than anything on TV. "
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Life
Real
Real Life
" Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it. "
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Life
Me
Think
" I know that I pay 48 percent of my income to taxes. You know, I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't going just to export war. If it was actually going to help the people of the United States, I would gladly pay more. "
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You
War
Mind
" When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian himself, and he was so funny. We'd watch stand-up on TV, and he'd tell me the subtext of what they were saying. "
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Used
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Tell
" I was completely nuts for most of my life. "
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Most
Life
Nuts
" I do kabbalistic meditation. It's not unlike time travel; it can change the past and not just the future. You can look at what was lost and go beyond the grief of what was lost. "
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Grief
Time
You
" Facts and data, rather than opinion, are the two cornerstones of problem solving, and yet they are consistently withheld from the people by American media. We must have facts and data in order to recognize where there is a problem! "
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Facts
Problem
People
" I know how to do anything, I'm a mom. "
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How
Know
Anything
" There is no real third party in America. There's this one party that has two sides to it - the Democratic and Republican side. It's one party that has two heads. "
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America
Party
Real