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" I'm down to earth; people sense that and they appreciate it. "
Drew Carey
Appreciate
People
Earth
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" I actually was worried about the pounding, but I actually love running more than working out on the elliptical. Now if I get on the elliptical, I feel like I'm trapped. "
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" Everybody in Hollywood loves symbolic gestures. "
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" When I thought I was retired, I wanted to travel around the world and watch soccer games. "
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" I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet. "
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" Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports. So one of the scams I have going now is I want to learn sports photography so I can get better seats at a sporting event. "
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" There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me. "
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" I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that are a little bit off the edge. "
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Free
" What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously. "
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" I've got to say that I don't see myself as some sort of political type like Alec Baldwin or Barbra Streisand. I don't want to come across like that. I'd be embarrassed if that was the way I came across. "
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Want
Myself
" When the show's in production, we work for three weeks at a time and then take a week off. "
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Time
Three
" Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now. "
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" I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself. "
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Yourself
Achieving
" I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian. "
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Show
My Life
" If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist. That was my other dream job. "
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Dream
Comic
" I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys. "
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Two
Week
" The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job. "
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Discipline
Job
" I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and read them. "
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Get
Rather
Paper
" Nothing's funny about someone who's successful. "
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Funny
Nothing
Someone
" I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight. They help people train for things like triathlons or biking and running races. They offer physical therapists, testing, lectures. "
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Losing
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" I'd buy joke books and try doing them at school; I always had jokes. That would be my go-to thing at parties: I'd be able to get through them if I just told enough jokes. Otherwise, I wouldn't end up talking to anybody. "
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End
" 'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going. "
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Tough
" George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was straight laced regular comic and he had short hair, a tie, suit, nightclub guy. Then he said screw it, let his hair grow, just started telling what he thought was the truth. So that's what I'm trying to do. "
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" Living in Hollywood, you can get disconnected from everybody. You can feel like you are the only one. "
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" As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed. "
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" I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid. "
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Care
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" 'The Price Is Right,' it was an honor to be offered it because it's such an American institution. To be able to carry on this tradition with a show that has been on for so long, I thought it was a great opportunity for me. "
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Opportunity
Thought
Great
" I always run in the morning on an empty stomach, and I'll go through a bottle and a half of water. Then I have a protein drink or I eat egg whites. "
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Drink
Always