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" I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh. "
Jimmy Carr
Release
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" I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have. "
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" I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26. "
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" If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself. "
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" I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker. "
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" They say the people most affected by the credit crunch are pensioners - well, let go of the handbag then, Nanna. "
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