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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
Bob Newhart
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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Marriage and fatherhood heighten the disillusion that we all think we are born handy. We confidently believe that we can fix things around the house, as if it's part of the collective brain that was further enhanced by eighth-grade shop class.
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Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.
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I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
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You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.
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Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the way it is.
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You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
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I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.
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I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.
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I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.
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Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
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All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'
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Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.
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I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.
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All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
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The best advice I could give someone trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
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The reason I'm a psychologist is based in part on my telephone routines. Much of my humor comes out of reaction to what other people are saying. A psychologist is a man who listens, who is sympathetic.
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Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame.
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It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.
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I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.
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Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups. So it's even more true today, I think, than it was some 40 years ago.
Bob Newhart
