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" The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch. "
Harry Anderson
Lunch
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Climb
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" We treated all of the dead with dignity. "
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" It's an old Elizabethan idea. The fool is the only one who is allowed to make fun of the king because he is a fool. I can say whatever I want about anybody else because I'm just an idiot talking - I'm not insisting that I'm any smarter than anyone else. It's satire. "
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Hollywood
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