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" We need the children of Indonesia and the Philippines to manufacture our freedom of choice. "

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" As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible. "

" Hopefully standup will become special again. "

" Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves? "

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" I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me. "

" When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records. "

" It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and recreational drug use doesn't seem to have that same renegade sense of adventure that it once did. "

" I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did. "

" When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate. "

" I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep my distance from him professionally. "

" It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time. "

" For my next trick I will make everyone understand me. "

" Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do. "

" The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers. "

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" I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now. "

" When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon. "

" Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah. "

" On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement. "