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" With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs. "
Colin Quinn
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" I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it. "
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" I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway. "
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" I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ. "
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" If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material. "
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" That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky. "
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" Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are. "
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