Sarah Silverman Quotes

I don't think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness.

Sarah Silverman

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• I don't think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness.

  

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  • Thinking
  • Comedy
  • Childhood