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" Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now. "
Sarah Silverman
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" My growing up years, we watched 'Happy Days,' every night. I don't know what was reruns and what was new. "
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" That's not to say that I don't find anything offensive. "
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" I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend. "
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" I'm always writing; I'm always jotting things down on paper or making notes in my iPhone. Then I'll make myself sit down and kind of shape it up, but there's really no other way to practice other than onstage. "
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" I had a lot of depression as a kid. "
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" The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. "
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" Traditionally, I have no right to talk about race. I'm white; I didn't grow up in an all-black neighborhood. But the license I see for myself is I'm a member of the world. "
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" I definitely think that prescription drugs, like antidepressants, are prescribed so cavalierly, anyone can get anything, but I need it. I do think that it needs to work hand and hand with therapy. "
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