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TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.

Ron White

A killer Cuban restaurant with a giant cigar bar. Have me a Cuban sandwich. That’s just like heaven to me. I’m a simple man.
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Cigar Cuban Giant Heaven Killer Restaurant Sanwick Simple
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
There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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Across Bridge Build Comic Kinda One People Through Two Walk
I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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Child Comedy Fan Huge
My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people.
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Funny Intent Preach Preacher Stage Uncle Use Watch
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 had the right to remain silent… but I didn’t have the ability.
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Ability Remain Right Silent
I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
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Advertise Before Club Comedy Go Rumour Sell Start Theater
The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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Always Anybody Funny Guy Make Stand Young
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
I don’t like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that’s the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don’t do a ton of it.
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If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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Any Back Become Famous Go Money Pay Show
I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.
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Care Good Idea Laugh Live Make Money Much People
When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
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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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