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You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.

Jimmy Carr

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Jimmy Carr
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 15
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James Anthony Patrick Carr
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It had to be hammered home quite a bit because I didn't see any humour in my life at all.
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British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray!
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I may be middle class, but I'm hard. 'Al dente', you could say.
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I, of course, don't have an accent. This is just how things sound when they are pronounced properly.
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A lady with a clipboard stopped me in the street the other day. She said, 'Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?' I said, 'All right, but we won't get much done.'
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I love those people who do story-telling and who ramble on, but I don't do that, I tell jokes - the sort of jokes that anyone really could tell in the pub.
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Saying that you don't believe in magic but do believe in god is a bit like saying you don't have sex with dogs, except labradors.
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I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.
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Cats have nine lives. Makes them ideal for experimentation.
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There was one time where I failed to perform sexually. My girlfriend said to me oh don't worry, it happens to a lot of guys. Ok, there are two things wrong with that. First of all who are these other guys?, and second of all if it's happening to more than one of us, don't you think it could be YOUR fault?
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Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!
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I don't see myself as offending people.
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Viagra has instructions: 'Keep away from children' - what kind of man do you think I am?
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All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a half must be.
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When people come over to my house for dinner, I always have a vegetarian option. They can make do, or they can **** off!
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When you eat a lot of spicy food, you can lose your taste. When I was in India last summer, I was listening to a lot of Michael Bolton.
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I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have thought the obvious one was 'Shout For Help'.
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I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.
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I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker.
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