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I think the comedy clubs tend to homogenize the acts a little bit, because they force them to be palatable in way too many environments.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it’s totally not, which is why I’m trying to get away from it because it’s just easy and automatic.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I’ve got a cousin who is 18… Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that’s not selfless that you love your fans, that’s ridiculous.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I just think they aren’t true. I’m saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don’t know if I’m doing that, but I’m trying.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham What’s that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I’ll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham The classic comedian says there’s nothing that’s taboo; if you laugh at one thing you’ve got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Where are all the sour patch parents?
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there’s a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham When I see someone filming me, I don’t usually think, ‘No, man, don’t put this up online!’ I’d think, ‘Hey man, you don’t get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!’ I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott Goodness is beauty in the best estate.
Christopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Good to forgive, Best to forget.
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