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" I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be. "
Flip Wilson
Why
Comedy
Doing
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" I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality. "
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" The devil made me do it. "
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Made
Devil
" The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down. "
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Down
" Violence is a tool of the ignorant. "
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Ignorant
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" Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone. "
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" It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV. "
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Equal
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" The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy. "
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Smart
Success
" My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I? "
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Say
Talk
Life
" If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar. "
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Right
Roll
Up
" I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do. "
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Show
Seeing
Good
" Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun. "
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Cards
You
Humor
" I accomplished what I set out to do. I wanted the whole cookie, and I got it. Now I want to spend more time with my children - make sure they don't go through what I did. "
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Want
Children
Go
" Everyone in this house and the houses next door knows when I'm in the sauna because I start singing, and I sing the blues when I'm in a really good mood. I have a really loud voice, you know. "
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Singing
Good
Door
" Most drag impersonations are a drag. But women can like Geraldine, men can like Geraldine, everyone can like Geraldine. "
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Women
Drag
Most
" Funny is an attitude. "
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Attitude
Funny
" After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work again for a short while. Two, three years, then stop. "
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Three
Work
Done
" It's later than it's ever been. "
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Later
Than
Ever
" My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. "
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Teacher
Birthday
Childhood
" Variety shows didn't disappear; it was the caliber of the artists, the classic vaudevillians that have passed on. They are gone, so there's a different caliber performer that's come along that hasn't had the time to work in the small clubs and get the experience. "
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Experience
Time
Disappear
" A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house. "
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Judging
Black
House
" I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment. "
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Philosophy
Moment
Enjoy
" You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. "
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Machine
Motivational
Expect
" Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out. "
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Laid
Out
Order
" My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine. "
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Message
Point
Main
" I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone. "
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Will
I Think
Alone
" When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not. "
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You
Hot
" I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.' "
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Down
Career
Chain
" I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation. "
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Lady
Had
Standing
" I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it. "
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Year
Last
Twice