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" I got my sense of humor from my grandmother. You know, my grandmother was very funny. "
Paul Mooney
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" I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here. "
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" My grandmother was the best. She loved you for you. She loved me for me. She was old-school. They broke the mold with her. They don't make them like that any more. "
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" I have such an ego 'cause I'm a double Leo. I can't let go of me, you know, so it's very difficult for me to be somebody else and not me. I'm so into me. "
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" I have known Michael Richards for something like 20 years. We're friends. "
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" I'm like the Davy Crockett of comedy... after Davy Crockett opened up the West and helped everybody... they didn't need him anymore. I freed a lot of comics... if I never would have done comedy, it would've been a different art form... I'm sure of it. "
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" You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem. "
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" You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it. "
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