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" William Shatner is living proof that if you are talented and nice, you can work in this industry forever. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Nice
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" I say every slur on the planet - racial, homosexual, everything to do with every ethnic group on the planet - and guess what? I will never apologize for that because I know why I do it, and it is to make a valid point about ignorance in this society. "
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" By being politically correct, you're closing your mind to a different point of view. Which sounds a lot like prejudice. Which is definitely not politically correct. See what I just did there? "
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" Nobody escapes during Lisa Lampanelli's show. "
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" Ticket sales will get higher the day after roasts. "
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" My thing has always been, I've never been very open and vulnerable with people, so the minute I got this dog, everything changed. It just opened me up and made me more loving... It's all because of him... He's made me a better person... I can tell people what I feel now. I can cry in front of people sometimes. "
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" Every day, I wake up and ask, 'Am I hungry?' If I'm physically hungry, I eat something that's hopefully good for me, and then do it again in a few hours. If I get a phone call I don't like, I'll say to myself, 'Is that the reason I want to eat something?' If it is, I try not to do it. It's literally a lifestyle. "
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" You have to really be on your own side. "
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" By Hollywood standards I'm still fat: until you are zero, you are big. I do get cold a lot now. I used to have a lot of layers - now I got to get a fur coat. "
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" What we do as comics can be a service to people. It can make them laugh and take their mind off their problems for a few minutes. "
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" I can really serve the audience instead of making this about me and about serving myself and my pocketbook. "
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" I thought I had to work at someplace everybody's heard of. It was never, 'I'm interested in such and such. I want to work in such and such magazine.' It was like, 'Oh, my G-d, I really need to work for somebody so people will think I'm OK.' So I got a job at 'Popular Mechanics'. "
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Need
" When you're dealing with a sick person, you're not important at all. You're just a nobody. "
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" Too many people have already lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, and the more celebrities who can bring attention to the issue, the better. "
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" I would make a few jabs at myself and go for the audience - they are still as flawed as ever. "
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" I'm a take-no-prisoners type of comic, and I'm lucky because my fans get me and never have a problem with the politically incorrect themes of my act. But I am continually amazed by how a certain section of our society seems to be so freakin' sensitive about jokes. "
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Society
I Am
" Betty White is so old that on her first game show ever, the prize was fire. "
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White
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" When I decided to do 'The Celebrity Apprentice,' there was absolutely no question that I would play the game for GMHC. "
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Question
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Game
" I kind of knew inside that I wanted to try comedy, but it was a mystery. How do you start? So when I hit 30 and I had done everything I wanted to do in journalism, so I went to a comedy class. I figured I'd learn how to do five minutes and see how it feels. "
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" Shortly after college, I was working in New York City at 'Rolling Stone' magazine. "
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" In the end, censoring a comedian's jokes is on par with censoring 'Huckleberry Finn.' Now, I'm not comparing myself to Mark Twain - he had much wavier hair and a slightly thicker mustache. But when you deny an artist the chance to explore his art, you're forcing your beliefs on him. "
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" I don't like any of it. I'm sick and tired of menopause. "
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Tired
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" I heard Cher say, 'I answer to two people: Myself and God.' I say, 'I only answer to me. I'm not sure I appreciate God's opinion.' "
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" I looked around and couldn't believe no one has written a show about women and eating. It's the biggest issue women have. "
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" I just really work hard on myself every day. "
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" I keep getting asked out by really young, good looking boys and really ugly lesbians. So, even if I wanted to jump onto the tuna boat, I wouldn't because I'm not getting high-class babes that I should get at this level of my career. And I always know the ugly ones are serious and that the good-looking ones are goofing on me. "
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" I'm not a political comic at all, so it would be weird if I just turned into a preachy, sort-of political commentator. "
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" We usually let our husbands negotiate the house and the cars. But I never had a husband, so I was always buying my own houses and cars, so I knew how to negotiate. "
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" A roast is really an honor. If they picked me to be roasted, I'd be the most flattered I'd be in my life. If I could pick some people to roast, I'd pick my heroes, Don Rickles and Howard Stern. Those are the people I'd like to give some honor to. "
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