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" Political audiences are not fun. "
Lewis Black
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" The kids say golf taught them this and that. I get it with the military: A guy joins the military because he needs discipline and has to find himself. But don't tell me, 'Golf helps you find yourself.' I've been playing my whole life, and I'm still looking for myself. "
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" One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going to be rich. "
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" I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time. "
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" The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope. "
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" All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. "
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" It's absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we've got rockets, we've got saran wrap - fix it! "
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" Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer. "
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" If you're going to pick a book and you want to base a system of government around it, why not 'Harry Potter?' "
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" My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a quarter. "
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" And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught it at 8 o'clock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bloodshot eye. "
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" The fear of health care changing is beyond belief. Like there's a way to make the system worse. Really? "
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" Democrats are dumb and Republicans are stupid, but the difference between dumb and stupid is dumb isn't funny. Dumb is when you say something and the whole room goes, 'What did he say?' "
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Dumb
" You can never put too much pork in your mouth as far as I'm concerned. "
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Too Much
You
Never
" I'm constantly in fear of having a stroke. "
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Constantly
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" One of the most important things, especially when you're leaving school, is to realize you're going to be dealing with a lot of idiots. And a lot of those idiots are in charge of things, so if you're in an interview and you really want to tell the person off, don't do it. "
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" My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform. "
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" You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. "
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Me
History
" When we anticipate, we're the happiest. Unless you're on antidepressants. The reason you take antidepressants is because you can't anticipate. You think everything's going to be horrible, so it usually is. "
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Everything
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