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I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity. (Dick Cavett)
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way. View quote
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The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any scholarly, scientific or neurological studies on the subject. View quote
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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see. View quote
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A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees. View quote
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A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see. View quote
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There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed. View quote
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A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books. (Dick Cavett)
Lawyers work hard and, like us, they're human, many of them. View quote
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Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was a perfect script for she and I,' inside your head you hear, in the sarcastic voice of your late father, 'Perfect for she, eh? And perfect for I, also?' View quote
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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. View quote
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I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg. View quote
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Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. View quote
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Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing. View quote
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Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house. View quote
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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice. View quote
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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is. View quote
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I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy. (Dick Cavett)
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another. View quote
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Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to. View quote
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There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class. View quote
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I have a long list of things that make me mad. View quote
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