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" I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I'm doing new stuff all the time. "
Jerry Seinfeld
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" My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law. "
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" If you're a surfer, you just want to surf. You don't know if anyone's going to see you, and you don't really care if they see you. You just live for that feeling. "
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" Crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cranky. There's entertaining cranky, annoying cranky, angry cranky. "
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