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You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.

Bob Newhart

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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Oak Park
Illinois
George Robert Newhart
George Robert Bob Newhart
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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.
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I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
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There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.
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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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I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll put it together.
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Funny is funny is funny.
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I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
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I've been a very lucky actor.
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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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