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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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Lenny Bruce
Age: 40 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 1966
Died: August 3
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All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.
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Faith is to the human what sand is to the ostrich.
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Certain things are complete superstition and have no validity at all in the Bible. Yeah. They're just the antithesis of everything that is correct intellectually.
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There are no dirty words, only dirty minds.
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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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TV is just advertising for your live gig, so I'm playing whichever show is gonna get me the biggest crowd.
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