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Comedy is all about the pause.

Ron White

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
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Exercise Exposure Harder Like More Much Muscle Work Writer
You can’t fix stupid.
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Fix Stupid
Donald Trump – and I don’t dislike Donald one single bit – has no idea how good the Mexican people are at building tunnels.
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Bit Build Could Country Good Idea People President Single Tunnel
The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
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Answer Fan Only Really Show Stand Think
My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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Biggest Cable Comedian Criticise Guy Other Peeve Pet
I write these shows one joke at a time. There’s no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there’s not continuity.
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Continuity Figure Joke Little Older Show Story Time
Movies are boring. It’s like watching paint dry. I did a little role in a movie, and it was eight lines. I was there for three days. It’s just horrible.
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Dry Eight Horrible Line More Move Paint Role Threym Day Watch
I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you’re a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
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Anything Believe Collaborative Creative Partner Some Someone Somewhat Stretch
I do live like a rock star, but it’s not as great as it sounds. It’s a lot of traveling.
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Great Live Lot Rock Sound Star Travel
I’ve gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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Bring Friend Gather Hopefully Laugh New Soldier Spirit
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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Believe Lemon Life Party Somebody Try
I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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Christian Clean Comedy Good Help Need Think World
I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.
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Blue Collar Crew Everybody Knew Least Order Pack Popular
Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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Call Country Day Kinds Know Like Mean Other Reprobate Somebody Way
I’ve got a great cigar collection – it’s actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn’t going to smoke every last one of ’em.
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Cigar Collection Go Great Imply Last Smoke
I’ve never been one to look up the ladder. I’ve always looked down the ladder. As long as there’s one guy down there, I’m fine.
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Been Down Fine Look One Ladder
I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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Always Found Closer More Really Respond Stage
The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith’s ‘What It Was, Was Football.’ I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn’t know what any of it meant.
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Fascinate First Football Game Hand Imagine Life Listen Made Syllable Talk Thing
If you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
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Blue Collar Come Comedy Little Rougher See Tour Watch
I want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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Able Any Fan Feel Like Touch Want
TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.
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Day Hard Hate Hour Job People Television Tell Work
The next time you have a thought… let it go.
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Let Go Next Thought Time
You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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Anymore Call Hear Joke Lose Mean People Pop Stage Start Tell Want
I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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Best Comedian Dies Ever Listen More Old Realy Understood
I go through about 140 cities a year.
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City Go Through Yera
I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative.
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Believe Collaborative Creative Everything Somewhat
Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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Achieve Any Back Come Earn Haunt Someone Time

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