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" Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time. "

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" It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder. "

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