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		For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually, I was like, Oh no. It's absolutely my job to convey to people why what I think is funny, is funny. The whole point of standup is to get the audience to understand your weird point of view.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eugene Mirman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Bush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most jokes state a bitter truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Gelbart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Dohrn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who were in an environment, when they were young, where jokes were at a premium, or at least considered important to a life. My parents always listened to the comedy radio shows, we went to the comedy movies, and my parents appreciated comedy. So kids listen and follow what their parents like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Reiner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andrew Breitbart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'll be the first to admit it, the life I'm leading is basically a joke. I should probably be cooler about it, but I can't fake it, you know? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Andy Roddick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paul Simon 
			 
			
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		He drew for me on a piece of paper all of my scales. Every week it was something new. That was my first introduction to music theory. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Jaffe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin Carson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Dodd continued to hope that the murders would so outrage the German public that the regime would fall, but as the days passed he saw no evidence of any such outpouring of anger. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Erik Larson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Pen in Barack Obama hands is far more dangerous than any other president, at least in modern history, if not ever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eric Bolling 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually, I was like, Oh no. It's absolutely my job to convey to people why what I think is funny, is funny. The whole point of standup is to get the audience to understand your weird point of view. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eugene Mirman