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" The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door. "
Demetri Martin
Child
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" A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive. "
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" I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.' "
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" When you have a fat friend there are no see-saws, only catapults. "
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" If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half. "
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" I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there. "
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" I never set out to do a sketch show. "
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" I'm always excited to try something I haven't done. "
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" I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead. "
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" I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it. "
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" I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association. "
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" I like stand-up. But I'd also like a family and house and a yard. I want to work with a lot of people, have colleagues; and on good film sets, there's people there that work with the same people for years and years. I love that collaborative spirit in that medium. Comedy is a lot more solitary. "
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" To me, comedy is a game. "
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" If you can't tell a spoon from a ladle, then you're fat! "
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" I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!' "
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" I've often liked a girl, made her laugh, and thought she liked me, and then found out that she didn't like me that way. I've definitely done time in the friend zone. "
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" Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down. "
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" I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, 'Actual'. I'm not to scale. "
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" I went to law school. I found it interesting for the first three weeks. "
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" My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.' "
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" I saw a transvestite wearing a T-shirt that said 'Guess'. "
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" Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it. "
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" Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest. "
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" My plumbing is all screwed up. Because it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal. "
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" I love catching a snapshot of something that is just about to happen. Or maybe something that just happened, you know. But I like especially that just-before kind of feeling. "
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" If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters. "
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" Let no man's deathbed be a futon. "
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" Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is. "
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" I love women, but I feel like you can't trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog's name. Then I said, 'Does he bite?' She said, 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?' Liar. "
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