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" Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth. "
Bo Burnham
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" Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy. "
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" I think I wear my hypocrisy on my sleeve. I would never say I'm not a complete hypocrite. "
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" I always loved bands who would try to change their sound radically album to album, experiment in one album and revert back in another. "
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" I don't think I've had a job since I worked for my father's construction company. "
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" You can give poor people this royal wedding to watch and make them feel good about themselves, or you can give them something useful like, I don't know... a toaster. "
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" I'll stop when I think I'm not doing good stuff. I'll never exploit something just because people like it. "
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" I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone's watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it. "
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" You got to take a deep breath and give up. The system is rigged against you. "
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" I'm grateful for every stupid mistake and dumb joke I tried to make. "
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" Life, to me, doesn't feel like a straightforward story; it doesn't make sense for me to get up there and just tell a story. Life feels like what my show feels like: chaotic and strange and disconnected. "
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" Your hard work and talent will not pay off. "
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" When I see someone filming me, I don't usually think, 'No, man, don't put this up online!' I'd think, 'Hey man, you don't get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!' I love going to theatre and to shows so much. "
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" I would say don't take advice from people like me who have gotten very lucky. We're very biased. You know, like Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner telling you, 'Liquidize your assets; buy Powerball tickets - it works!' "
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" It feels like we're always juggling many pieces of information at once or trying out many personas at once. It makes life slightly nonlinear. "
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" I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite. "
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" I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable. "
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" Comedy doesn't really matter that much; I know that. I treat it like an adult - I don't treat it like a child or a god, which some people do. This might just be in America, but 'stand-up comedy' is something very particular that I don't particularly relate to. "
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