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When I was a kid my dad would say, Emo, do you believe in the Lord? I'd say, Yes! He'd say, Then stand up and shout Hallelujah! So I would ... and I'd fall out of the roller coaster.
Emo Philips
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Emo Philips
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 7
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When I was a kid, my goodness, corporate America was a bunch of stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be serious, and now it's stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be funny.
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Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.
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I read that nine out of 10 women fantasize about having an unknown man leap through their bedroom window at night and make mad, passionate love to them. Who would think with those odds, I would now be facing 150 hours of community service.
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I've always had a special place in my heart for old women digging through garbage bins. They saved my life so many times as a baby.
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I picked up a hitch hiker. You've got to when you hit them.
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The battle of the sexes will never be won as long as we keep sleeping with the enemy.
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If you're worth over $50m you should have to dress like that guy on the Monopoly box. The super-rich shouldn't get all the benefits of looking like a regular guy.
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I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him.
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He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.
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My grandmother's brain was dead, but her heart was still beating. It was the first time we ever had a democrat in the family.
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I'm not Catholic, but I gave up picking my belly button for lint.
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There's a joke in everything, the trick is finding it. The best compliment a joke can get is what Huxley said about Darwin's theory of evolution - 'Why didn't I think of that?'
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