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My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

Dick Cavett

Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don’t happen.
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Chance Coincidence Thinking
I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.
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Funny Myself People
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
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Age Average Live Thinking
Every time someone says, ‘You know, we really ought to get together,’ if I were really honest, I would ask ‘Why?’
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Honesty Myself Time Togetherness
The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.
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Force Police Sex
I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
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Chocolate Hands Ideas Myself Practice Shock Worst
Every writer knows that unless you were born gifted with either supreme confidence or outsize ego, handing in your work holds, in some cases, admitted terror. If that’s too strong, at least fairly high anxiety.
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Anxiety Born Ego Gift Strong Writing
I’ll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.
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Away Happiness Myself Stay
It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions.
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Amount Class Union
Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn’t ailing.
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Day Device Myself Sick
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it’s hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.
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Comedy Need Resent Writing Yourself
Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy’s show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.
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Commercial Exposure Judge Rare Screen
You can, after all, reduce the reasons for watching TV to but two: to be lulled, and to be stimulated. Some people do one sometimes, the other sometimes. Some people do all of one or all of the other.
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People Reason Television Watch
I think I’d be pretty easy to write for.
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Easy Myself Pretty Thinking Writing
If I were running a campaign, I’d urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending it more wisely – on a talented young comedy writer.
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Campaign Comedy Myself Pizza Run Talent Wisdom Young
I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.
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Disturb Label Lose Myself Problem Vulnerable

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

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