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" Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill. "

Sarah Silverman

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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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" I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush my teeth, then I rinse, then I floss, then I put on moisturizer. I'm ritualistic. Jewishness is very ritualistic. "

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" In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think they can go together really well and really thoughtfully. But, I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing to watch. "

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" I like my life alone. I mean, I love being with friends, and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices. "

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" Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist. "

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" I don't really care for, like, fat jokes about women, specifically. "

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" If I have kids, I'll adopt. "

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" Smells definitely do have a crazy impact on me. "

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" The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17. "

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" I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much. "

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" But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it's funny enough. "

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" I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up listening to stand-up comedians' albums and watching them on TV, on 'The Tonight Show' and Letterman. "

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" What are the chances there is a God, really? "

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" Growing up, I always loved Disney movies, but the first movie I remember seeing is 'Sleepers,' so I wasn't really taken to children's movies. "

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" Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it. "

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" It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it. "

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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 have very vivid dreams - almost always action-adventure. I'm often on the run. I've always had dreams. When I was little, I'd go to sleep with my head on my hands, which were in fists like I was looking through a camera. I felt like sleep was the movies - just drifting off to the movies. "

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" I remember when I got a part on 'Seinfeld' it was like an out of body experience, I was so excited. "

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" It fills me with a weird rage to wear shoes that make me not able to walk easily or run if I had to. It feeds into this whole 'war on women' thing in my head. "

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