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" My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant. "
Elayne Boosler
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" My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning. "
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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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" Designers don't put out the same sweater every year. They just keep creating. "
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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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" When the sun comes up, I have morals again. "
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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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" I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food. "
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" I am thankful that all the people in the world who absolutely, positively, know what God wants, usually kill mostly each other. "
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" I've thought for the last decade or so, the only actual place raw truth was seeping through in newspapers was on the Comics Pages. They were able to pull off intelligent social comment, pure truths not found elsewhere in the news pages, and had the ability to make it all funny, entertaining, and pertinent. "
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" I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me. "
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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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" Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark, The Aladdin, The Frontier, The Hacienda, The Stardust - all were imploded. "
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" There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb. "
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" For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight from the newspaper. "
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" Wouldn't it be great to see a line in all movie credits that truthfully says, 'Nobody was harmed in the making of this film, and at the cast party, all animals got a belly belly belly rub.' "
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Great
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" You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot. "
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Bald
You
Woman
" 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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" I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club. "
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" Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying. "
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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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" 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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" To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy. "
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" My breakup with AT&T is final, and I'm done with Skype as the rebound guy. "
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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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" My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. "
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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 wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession. "
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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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" The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born. "
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" Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or two. "
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