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Satire is tragedy plus time.

Lenny Bruce

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Lenny Bruce
Age: 40 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 1966
Died: August 3
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Screenwriter
Singer
Writer
Mineola
New York
Satire
Plus
Tragedy
Time

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You put a guy on a desert island, he'll do it to mud, a chicken, a barrel, anything, a knothole.
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All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.
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What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.
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I'm sure that half the buzz from smoking grass was the fact that it was so illegal.
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Wouldn't it be nice if all the people who are lonesome could live in one big dormitory, sleep in beds next to each other, talk, laugh, and keep the lights on as long as they want to?
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All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I’d be standing on the breadline right in back of J. Edgar Hoover.
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I was surprised when Nixon passed the test and showed up in heaven, but, I guess Hitler threw off the curve for our century.
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Alright, let's admit it, we Jews killed Christ - but it was only for three days.
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I've been accused of bad taste, and I'll go down to my grave accused of it and always by the same people, the ones who eat in restaurants that reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
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Freedom of speech is a two way street, man. You have the right to say whatever you want and the Boss has a right to tell the police to arrest you.
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When you're eight years old, nothing is any of your business.
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Communism is like one big phone company.
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Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
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You got to pay your dues to get the joke. Besides, laughter is cheap and very portable. If there's a pogrom, or they're blaming you for the plague, nothing is easier to pack than a sense of humor.
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