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William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Dick Cavett

I don’t think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience’s reaction is from another.
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Audience Different Myself Reaction Surprise Thinking
I’m not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.
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Body Comedy Comic Myself
I’ll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.
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Away Happiness Myself Stay
I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.
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Edge Guest Ice Myself
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.
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Conversation Memorable Myself Order Sentence
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
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Age Average Live Thinking
Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it’s painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it’s extremely painful.
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Brilliant Comedy Foot Myself Pain Time
I hate Danny Kaye movies.
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Hate Movie Myself
I’ve actually gotten so I don’t associate television with entertainment very much.
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Associate Entertainment Myself Television
When I’m doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: ‘Tell about the guy who died on your show!’
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Appearance Count Death Show Talk Yourself
It’s not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
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Easy Identify Time Voice Yourself
Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.
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Comic Gift God Moments Report
Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently.
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Better Depression Function Patience Sadness Suicide
I haven’t ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.
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Appreciation Art Form Greatness Wonderful Writing
The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
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Death Myself Tolerance
I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn’t include someone the size of the Hindenburg.
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Comic Myself See Show Stand

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