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There’s a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor?

Bo Burnham

The thing is, I was on YouTube like the golden era, I think. Before ads came in, it was really cool back then.
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Eras Golden Thinking
The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.
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Firsts Forever Wikipedia
I don’t like calling myself a “feminist” only because I don’t think I’ve done anything active enough to call myself one. It’d be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I’m not racist.
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Country Feminist People Rights Thinking
I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don’t want to construct the show to prove something.
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Speak Thinking Want
I think it’s using people, I think it’s like encouraging something that’s unhealthy, telling people you love them. “I love you.” Oh really, you love your fans?
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Encourage Fan Love Really Something Unhealthy
I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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People Thinking Worry
If your belief is hateful towards people, I couldn’t respect that.
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Beliefs Hateful People
Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.
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Like Parent Something Sometimes Watch
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
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.
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Comedy Facts People
I’m actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn’t say.
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Actually Conversation Open Say
I’m bored way too easily. I’m staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?
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Bored Half Needs Overstimulated Scene
I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
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Faces Something Stupid
The world doesn’t need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers – the world needs more you. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Anyone Otherwise Smooth Talker Tell
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
Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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Isquaring Numbers Thirteen

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