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" Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers. "
Elayne Boosler
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" My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant. "
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" You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport. "
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" Guys wake up at your place and they expect breakfast. They don't eat bagels and M&M's in the morning. They want things like toast. I say, 'I don't have these recipes.' "
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Morning
" While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures cutting their own throats; they keep reducing space for the one feature that attracts new young readers in the first place; the comic strips. "
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" I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots. "
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" We have wild animals in zoos, yet people rarely meet their 'food' face to face. "
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" My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. "
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Dog
" I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. "
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Know
Men
" I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. "
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Door
" I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.' "
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" San Francisco is really fun and liberal, and it's my kind of politics. It's like being Jewish in front of Jewish people. "
Elayne Boosler
Liberal
Politics
People
" I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city. "
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Best Way
See
" Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying. "
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Go
Audience
You
" I've thought for the last decade or so, the only actual place raw truth was seeping through in newspapers was on the Comics Pages. They were able to pull off intelligent social comment, pure truths not found elsewhere in the news pages, and had the ability to make it all funny, entertaining, and pertinent. "
Elayne Boosler
Place
Truth
Thought
" My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions. "
Elayne Boosler
Men
Wilderness
Ancestors
" Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, George Washingtons, a couple of Susan B. Anthony's, Roosevelts, Hamiltons, a Sacajawea or two, and an Abe Lincoln to cover Scalia in full. "
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Speech
Court
Now
" You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot. "
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Bald
You
Woman
" To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy. "
Elayne Boosler
Listen
Your
Silence
" A study last year showed that the page you turn to first in the newspaper can be a predictor of how long you will live. No surprise, turning first to the Comics Pages prolongs your life. "
Elayne Boosler
Life
Page
Long
" Horse racing is waning in popularity. "
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Horse
Horse Racing
Popularity
" Designers don't put out the same sweater every year. They just keep creating. "
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Keep
Sweater
" When the sun comes up, I have morals again. "
Elayne Boosler
Up
Again
Morals
" We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a fatwa put on him/her for drawing a picture. "
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Drawing
Never
Picture
" I have no complaints about losing money I put in high-risk investments. I did some of that when I had real money; my informed choice, my measured gamble. "
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Choice
Losing
Money
" There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb. "
Elayne Boosler
Afraid
Comedians
Outside
" I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club. "
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Theater
" I personally cannot tell you how many times we rescuers put our names on animals to come to us as soon as they are eligible for release, only to find they have been senselessly killed by overzealous pound workers. "
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You
" As a standup comedian, I've worked almost every New Year's Eve of my adult life. It's the best-paying night of the year. "
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Night
Year
Almost
" For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight from the newspaper. "
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" I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something is wrong with me. "
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