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" All those who believe in psychokinesis - raise my hand. "
Steven Wright
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" It's very interesting, the joke comes first and then the wording comes within five seconds, maybe ten seconds. My thing is to get the joke across in as few words as possible. However, sometimes a word that's not really needed does help the rhythm of it. It's a gut feeling. "
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" It's like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules. "
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" Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect. "
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" If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke? "
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" At one point he decided enough was enough. "
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He
" I don't get up, get dressed, go out, and think, 'Okay, I gotta find eight jokes.' "
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" My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant. "
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" I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it's like a circus in my head. "
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" I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. "
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" George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk. "
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" I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.' "
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Door
You
Yes
" I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums. "
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Other
Museums
Museum
" I got a chain letter by fax. It's very simple. You just fax a dollar bill to everybody on the list. "
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Chain
Dollar
" A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. "
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Clear
Sign
" I'm addicted to placebos. "
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" I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way through elementary school, all the way through junior high, all the way through high school, through college and after college, I was thinking of the same kinds of things that I say in front of an audience now. "
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School
Thinking
High School
" When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?' "
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Canada
You
Well
" I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side. "
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Way
Visionary
Future
" Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time... I think I’ve forgotten this before. "
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Now
Forgotten
Think
" When I die, I'm gonna leave my body to science fiction. "
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Body
Science Fiction
Science
" Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? "
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Employees
Coffee
Take
" Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. "
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Time
You
Distance
" One day a guy tried to rob me on the street, and I had no money. So I charged him. "
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Street
Money
One Day
" I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night - and I'd dream about it being me. "
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Watch
Thought
Night
" I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. "
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Kept
Mind
Daydream
" When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.' "
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Say
Attention
Day
" It's very intense to be in front of a live audience. It's just an amazing experience. It's dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It's electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you're on this other planet. "
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Good
Amazing
Experience
" There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. "
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Shore
Standing
Fishing
" My mother is from another time - the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that's what she loves. A lot of times she tells me she doesn't know what I'm talking about. I know if I wasn't her son and she was flipping through the TV and saw me, she would just keep going. "
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Time
Mother
" I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it. "
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People
Think
Saying