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Jokes spread around the world and embed themselves in our shared culture the most resonant of them get lodged in the language in the same way as clichés or old wives' tales do.

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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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I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.
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Once I was doing a sponsored walk. In the end I managed to raise so much money, I could afford a taxi.
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I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.
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It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you either love us or you simply cannot see why people are laughing.
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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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I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.
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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.
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I worry about my nan. If she's alone and falls, does she make a noise? I'm joking, she's dead.
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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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Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!
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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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A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.
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Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service.
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My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.
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British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray!
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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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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 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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The bigger the audience, the better with comedy.
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I don't see myself as offending people.
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