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" Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.' "
Kyle Kinane
Sometimes
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Story
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" I think the problems with comedians that are political, and there are some brilliant ones, are the ones that offer no solutions. Not that there's a moral obligation for a comic to fix things, but I like to see a comic that's upset about something and offer a solution. It can be a funny solution. I like to see the thought process. "
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" When I lived in Chicago, I didn't like it. It's nice to visit. "
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" I don't want to make it a hard, fast rule, but it's surprising how many 'fun for the whole family' acts are real scumbags. The people that confess they're scumbags on stage are generally really great people. They're more honest with the audience with who they are. "
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" I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests. "
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" I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I can't enjoy anything. "
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" I still love a well-crafted joke. Twitter's been great for that. "
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" I am somehow allowed by the universe to do exactly what I want to do to make a living. "
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" I'm hardly a known name, but I don't want to go, like, 'Oh, people call me a storyteller comedian, let me just go up and just talk about my day.' I don't want that to happen. "
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" I know what I like, and I'm not trying to adapt to new things. "
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" I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.' "
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" Nobody mountain bikes anymore - or ever did - in comedy, so I have to go by myself. "
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" Young writers take themselves very seriously in college. "
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" I now get to have the life I wanted when I was 18 years old. Now, I'm like, 'I can buy any skateboard I want.' "
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" I'm glad I'm a comedian. Otherwise, my life would just be a series of undocumented low points. "
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" I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down. "
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" My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league. "
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Earth
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