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Janeane Garofalo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 28
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Janeane Marie Garofalo
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It is not crazy to think that powerful people do some pretty horrible things. And maybe they get out of hand. Maybe it just gets away from them. It snowballs.
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Men are allowed to age. Men are allowed to gain weight. Men are allowed to be quirky looking.
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Pedestrian's rights - because we live in California, I've got to address this issue. I don't know where on the fence I am about that. I suppose if I'm walking, I'm all for it, but if I'm driving, that's a whole other can of worms.
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Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.
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There's no reason to be doing comedy during the day in a hot tent. I don't know why anyone thinks it's a good idea, but festival after festival keeps doing it. I did see some of the other comedians struggling.
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Silence does not equal patriotism. Obedience is not the American way.
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Is being an idiot like being high all the time?
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It is just as painful to me when I do poorly. If the fault is all mine, that's what's painful. If it's a situation where no one could have succeeded, I don't feel as bad.
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When I see guys in bars wearing the real fitted kind of Calvin Klein v-neck t-shirts I just want to go up to them and be like, 'Oh, do you work out? Your tricep looks so great - thank you.'
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Sage advice? If you're drunk, stay away from the phone. You can't get the answering machine message back.
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Leaving your ears open to the suggestions of others only closes the mind's eye, thereby creating a type of spiritual glaucoma.
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Granted, not really a joke, but how often do you get a mic in your hand? You know? So. I am sorry but don't anybody trip on my soap box on the way out. Don't anybody trip over that. And the chip on my shoulder's a little heavy. I have back problems now.
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To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.
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Historically the mainstream media has never been particularly friendly to any socially progressive ideas.
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I would tell the Democrats in Washington who are trying to be civil with the bipartisanship to please stop and let the joker die once and for all, let the agents of chaos hit the pavement, stop picking them up.
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Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film.
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If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
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We're our own worst enemies a lot of the time, but I still blame men.
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You know, I have no web presence, and I don't know that there's many people who really do know me that much anymore.
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As you can tell from watching the show, I'm not a strong joke writer per se.
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