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I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all.

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George Lopez
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 23
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Look, I made a commitment to corn 17 years ago. Sure, I'm a man. I like to go to a barbecue and see beans that I like: baked beans, red beans, black beans, big plump garbanzos. But in the end, I always come home to my sweet, sweet corn.
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I prefer my Mexican food to have a little bit of an animal that suffered a little bit. That's some of the best food.
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I'm a big fan of reality shows. I thought the first one, Dukes of Hazzard, captured white people perfectly.
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Marijuana brownies are amazing. Very simple to make, too. Just get some Duncan Hines brownie mix and cook the weed right in there. Drop it right in with the butter. I don't know who came up with this idea first, but it's sheer genius.
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When we got married, we agreed on a boy for me, and a girl for you. Mine's upstairs sleeping. Good luck with yours!
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David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk.
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I've gotten in trouble with every race you can imagine.
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It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit.
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Max: What's a period? George: It's a bullet we dodge, go get ready.
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One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair.
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D.C. is a great place. The music, jazz, has always been great here, the restaurants have always been fantastic here. And there's been a lot of changes in this city over the last 30 years, and all for the better.
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It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.
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When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself.
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Sarah Palin is Latina. Pay-leen. She has an infant and a grandkid the same age. Latina!
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I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up.
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Obama is the closest thing to a Latino that we have. Barack. Everybody wants to see his birth certificate too.
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The jewelry stores say, 'Tell your wife you love her with a diamond,' while wives tell you they love you with, 'Ok, but just because it's Valentine's Day.'
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Angie, I've seen my mom wrestle two cops to the ground with a taser dart in her neck, and you cry when your shoes pinch. Good luck, Bambi!
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We are now the proud owners of a white boy. Now we have to shop in the caucasian isle and get sunscreen, mayonaise and mild salsa because the other ones really hawt!
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It's good to see people not smoking. You get dressed up, and you smoke, and it gets in your clothes. You go, 'What should I wear tonight?' 'I don't know, honey, how about something menthol?'
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