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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.

Bo Burnham

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
Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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Broke Celebrate Happy Thanksgiving
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
Is there anything better than pussy? Yeah, a really good book.
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Anything Book Good Pussy
It’s not most important to communicate myself on stage as it is to be as funny or interesting as I possibly can on stage.
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Character Names Play
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
“Do I really want to make a joke about a miscarriage when a woman in the audience might have had one?” I don’t worship comedy; at the end of the day I don’t fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.
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Audience Awordship Comedy Unwquestiongly
Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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Asian Country People Persons
I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I… don’t.
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Belief Funny Humor
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 always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I’m OK, but that’s about it. I like to think I’m good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
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Actors Comedian Enough Good Thinking
Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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Isquaring Numbers Thirteen
Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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Comedy Funny Humor Women
I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.
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Dirty Grow Kids Song
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
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
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
In the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.
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Beautiful Distance Funny
I don’t try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.
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Simple Stuff Trying
I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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Close College Comedy Going
For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
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Comedy Levels Unexpected
Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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Funny Humor Intelligent
Love is all about… whistles.
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About Love Whistle
Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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Comedy Enjoy Fun
I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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Bears Beliefs Bipolar Mets
At the time of ‘Words, Words, Words,’ I’m a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he’s entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that’s inherently a little bit ridiculous.
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Feelings Thinking Time Years
People do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.
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People Self 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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