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" I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games. "
Sarah Silverman
Quarter
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" I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus. "
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" I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion. "
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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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" 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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" I just think of myself as a comedian, really. I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion. "
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" Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts. "
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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 started out in clubs, and I've always liked clubs. I like theaters because people are there for the show. "
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" Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert. "
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