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" I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city. "
Elayne Boosler
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" I've never been able to write for stand-up. "
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" We have wild animals in zoos, yet people rarely meet their 'food' face to face. "
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" When I was growing up in comedy, there were maybe 10 comics in the whole country. Everyone had a day job. You worked free for years in little clubs, then you got your big break and became a star. "
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" I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots. "
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" I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. "
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" When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking. "
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" I don't categorize myself. I don't think I'm perceived as a female act by my audience. My fans include just as many men as women. "
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" San Francisco is really fun and liberal, and it's my kind of politics. It's like being Jewish in front of Jewish people. "
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" I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.' "
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" Why isn't the movie industry forced to open its shooting locations to an organization that is there to advocate for animal actors? The industry isn't allowed to pick and choose which movies using young children it will or won't allow to be monitored. The vulnerable should be protected. "
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" I personally cannot tell you how many times we rescuers put our names on animals to come to us as soon as they are eligible for release, only to find they have been senselessly killed by overzealous pound workers. "
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" I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. "
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" Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix? "
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" When I played the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, I got to bring Wiley, my 85-pound black lab. He's responsible for my favorite New Year's memory of all: At the end of the show, he ran onstage and then out across all the tables in the showroom, sending champagne glasses and gamblers flying. "
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" Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, George Washingtons, a couple of Susan B. Anthony's, Roosevelts, Hamiltons, a Sacajawea or two, and an Abe Lincoln to cover Scalia in full. "
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" Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers. "
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" We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a fatwa put on him/her for drawing a picture. "
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" The message of great art is to disturb. "
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" I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but prints of dogs playing cards. "
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" My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions. "
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" Horse racing is waning in popularity. "
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