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Art is socialism but life is capitalism.

Mike Birbiglia

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Mike Birbiglia
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 20
Actor
Comedian
Executive Producer
Film Director
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
Life
Socialism
Capitalism
Art

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I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an effective use of time.
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Life is unfair and improv is a great metaphor of that.
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Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have plans.
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I try to think up material that might apply to the subjects they are studying. How many mitochondria does it take to power a cell? One. Because mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Not ready for prime time, that one.
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I'm walking out my door to get like a Snapple, and someone's like 'yo man, you want to buy some heroin?' 'No... got any Snapple?'
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All techniques of comedy are valid and interesting to me.
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The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news is.
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Alienation, I suppose, can't be hackneyed because it will always exist.
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I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.
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I read recently that women still make 30% less than men in the workplace. Which I think is fine, cause if we didn't make 30% more, you guys would marry each other.
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I've read that Steven Wright's style was born out of genuine nervousness.
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When I made 'Sleepwalk with Me,' many people asked me if was a novelty thing, a one-off. But this is the goal, I'm just hitting it 12 years after I thought I would.
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Fortunately, I don't talk about politics on stage.
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I performed for the U.S. troops in Guantanamo Bay. And signed autographs for people who've been gone from America for so long they didn't realize that I'm not famous.
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I used to think I was a little unstable, and then I met every girl I've ever dated.
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I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.
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I feel like people have more in common than the news reports.
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I think Mitch Hedberg is one of the great comedians of the past 20 years.
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The key to eating healthy is not eating any food that has a TV commercial.
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There are so many people who are clever. There are 8000 people at Princeton who are more clever than the three of us at this table. BUT, we have the ability to give something that they don't have...which is us.
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