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My girlfriend said, Emo, I'm seeing another man. I said, Well, try rubbing your eyes or something.
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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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I've always suffered from a complete inability to sense who's important.
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Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.
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They call me Good Time Emo. Because I love a good time! And my name is Emo.
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They have a sign at the beach, no glass bottles. I think that's so the other sand particles don't feel like underachievers.
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When I was 10, I beat up the school bully. His arms were in casts. That's what gave me the courage.
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People come up to me and say, 'Emo, do people really come up to you?'
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My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said: 'Well, whose fault is that?'
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When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.
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I love England. In fact, they're getting to know me so well at Heathrow Immigration that this time I was able to completely bypass the six months rabies quarantine.
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I pray a simple prayer every morning. It's an ecumenical prayer. Whether you're Catholic or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu, I think it speaks to the heart of every faith. It goes “Lord please break the laws of the universe for my convenience. Amen.”
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My dad always said, If someone hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Plus that also works wonderfully as a metaphor.
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I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson.
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In college I was one of six males who auditioned for five male roles in a comedy play. I was the one rejected. At that moment I made up my mind never to place myself at the mercy of some pompous, goateed, black-turtleneck-shirted should I yay him or nay him? pantywaist ever again.
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At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
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My sister just had a baby. We can have company over. She'll be in front of everyone with her um... breast... out feeding it. You know... cereal or whatever.
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