"I only ever play Vegas one night at a time."
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"A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills, no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while."
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"My childhood was lonely. Both my parents were away a lot, working, and the maid basically raised me. And I think that's where a lot of my comedy comes from. Not only was the maid very funny and witty, but when my mother came home I'd use humour to try and get her attention. If I made mommy laugh, then maybe everything would be all right. I think that's where it [my comedy] all started."
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"Even mistakes can be wonderful."
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"After I quit drinking, I realized I am the same asshole I always was; I just have fewer dents in my car."
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"There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said, a long time ago, he said, 'People--they'r e kinda like flowers, and it's been a privilege walking in your garden.' My love goes with you."
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"My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled."
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"Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly."
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"In the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant."
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"Oh, no. To live... to live would be an awfully big adventure."
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"Honey, you [Michael Jackson] gotta pick a race first. All of a sudden you're a black man, then you're Diana Ross, now you're Audrey Hepburn. Then he's got the little beard going on. He's like Lord of the Rings, the entire cast. Michael's about to jump species."
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"You have to break in half to love somebody."
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"The first time I ate organic whole-grain bread I swear it tasted like roofing material."
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"I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it."
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"You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no, actually if you take a break people might be more interested in you."
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"The first time I tried organic wheat bread, I thought I was chewing on roofing material"
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"I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so it's like this terrific double bill."
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"I got to ninth grade and there was wrestling, and I went, 'Wait a minute, this is fun.' Basically, it was a chance for a small kid like me to get a chance to wail on another small kid. I went, 'I love this.' The discipline of it was great. Plus, I really started to be good at it."
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"His golf bag does not contain a full set of irons."
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"Taking Viagra after open heart surgery is like a Civil War re-enactment with live ammo. Not good."
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