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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.

Bo Burnham

Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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Art Aware Comedy Self Song
The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
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Strong Struggle Thinking
If you can think of all the times in your life, some of the happiest times were probably when you were laughing. And some of the worst times in your life you were being laughed at.
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Laughing Thinking Worst Time
I’m happy with what I’m doing. I try not to focus on how I’ve changed. I just try to focus on what I’m doing now.
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Changed Focus Happy Try Trying
Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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Funny Humor Intelligent
Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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Crystals Funny Humor
Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you’re on stage you have to know it so well that you can get lost in it. I don’t want to be onstage looking like a robot,
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Brain Challenges Emotional
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.
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Dark Laughing Light
Where are all the sour patch parents?
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Funny Humor Parent
I like to inject a bit of production value and flair to comedy, or at least to my little corner of comedy.
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Comedy Inject Like Production
Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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Bible Jesus Kindness
Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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Fake Kings Talent
The strength of comedy is I don’t have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
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Answers Ideas People
I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.
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Cereal Men Remember Thinking
People give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
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Geneticist Giving People Real
Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
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Funny Humor Toes Women

Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.

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