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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
Humor

"Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to."

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Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
Humor

"You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian Gulf war those intelligence reports would come out: "Iraq: incredible weapons - incredible weapons." How do you know that? "Uh, well... we looked at the receipts.""

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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
Humor

"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown."

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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
Humor

"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things."

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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
Humor

"I was in analysis. I was suicidal. As a matter of fact, I would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian and if you kill yourself they make you pay for the sessions you miss."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Humor

"Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Humor

"Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."

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Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
Humor

"I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?' And I said, 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'"

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