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" Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers? "
Elayne Boosler
Money
Great
Giving
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" Sometimes, if you really don't know how you feel about a topic, reading how both sides argue it can help. "
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" 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. "
Elayne Boosler
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" Calgary wins for my coldest New Year's Eve gig. That's when I learned Fahrenheit and Celsius cross at 40 below. I could see callers' breath coming out of my phone. "
Elayne Boosler
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" I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naive hope. "
Elayne Boosler
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Love
Moving
" 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
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Page
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" Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or two. "
Elayne Boosler
Two
Street
Here
" You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot. "
Elayne Boosler
Bald
You
Woman
" I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years. "
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Fake
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" The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born. "
Elayne Boosler
Born
Rule
Mothers
" My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant. "
Elayne Boosler
Observant
Question
Family
" When I played the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, I got to bring Wiley, my 85-pound black lab. He's responsible for my favorite New Year's memory of all: At the end of the show, he ran onstage and then out across all the tables in the showroom, sending champagne glasses and gamblers flying. "
Elayne Boosler
New
Black
End
" You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport. "
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Know
Your
You
" I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it's during a basketball game, because then I'll have, what, 10, 12 years to live? "
Elayne Boosler
Basketball
Three
Find
" Why isn't the movie industry forced to open its shooting locations to an organization that is there to advocate for animal actors? The industry isn't allowed to pick and choose which movies using young children it will or won't allow to be monitored. The vulnerable should be protected. "
Elayne Boosler
Organization
Animal
Movies
" 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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Find
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You
" 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.' "
Elayne Boosler
History
Car
Thankful
" 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. "
Elayne Boosler
Choice
Losing
Money
" My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. "
Elayne Boosler
Hair
You
Dog
" I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession. "
Elayne Boosler
Never
Remember
Choice
" I guess in general, people tend to not eat the cute animals. "
Elayne Boosler
People
Animals
Cute
" I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. "
Elayne Boosler
Alone
Know
Men
" 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
" Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers. "
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Know
Better
" 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. "
Elayne Boosler
Speech
Court
Now
" I am thankful that all the people in the world who absolutely, positively, know what God wants, usually kill mostly each other. "
Elayne Boosler
God
World
I Am
" I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but prints of dogs playing cards. "
Elayne Boosler
America
You
Art
" Designers don't put out the same sweater every year. They just keep creating. "
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Same
Keep
Sweater
" I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food. "
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Food
Thankful
Me
" My breakup with AT&T is final, and I'm done with Skype as the rebound guy. "
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Done
Final
Guy
" My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions. "
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Men
Wilderness
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