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I used to work at The International House of Pancakes. It was a dream, and I made it happen.

Paula Poundstone

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Paula Poundstone
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: December 29
Actor
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Stand-Up Comedian
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The pleasure of the mulch pile is incomprehensible. I wouldn't care if they just hauled the mulch to the landfill somewhere. Obviously, grass clippings are biodegradable, but when they're bunched together at the landfill, they become badly influenced by other garbage.
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I get in fewer arguments when I'm alone.
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The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
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I'm the only person I know of who's ever been pulled over for attempted speeding.
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I have terrible short-term memory loss, which I like to think of as Presidential eligibility.
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I have short-term memory loss, though I'd like to think of it as Persidential eligibility.
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President Obama could keep a big map with push pins on it to keep track of how many countries hate us, and when we get down to only half, let's have a ball. I'll blow up the balloons myself.
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I'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason.
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When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise.
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My parents got carried away with the letter P when they were naming the kids in our family. There's me, Paula, my sisters Peggy and Patty, and my brother Pjimmy, spelled with a silent P.
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I hate it when my hair is engaged in unauthorized activities.
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Speaking of happy successes, after years of struggling to lose those few extra pounds every mother puts on during adoption, particularly when the doctor orders bed rest, in 2004 I sent my assistant to the Gap in dark glasses with a fake ID to purchase my first pair of Easy Fit jeans.
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The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.
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When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself.
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My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'
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I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.
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I think we need a 12-step group for non-stop talkers. We're going to call it On and On Anon.
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I’m an atheist. The good news about atheists is that we have no mandate to convert anyone. So you’ll never find me on your doorstep on a Saturday morning with a big smile saying ‘Just stopped by to tell you there is no word. I brought along this little blank book I was hoping you could take a look at.’
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My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it.
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Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas
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