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" No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up. "
Lily Tomlin
Up
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" I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat. "
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