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There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.

Robin Ince

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Robin Ince
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 20
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I have a very vibrant imposter syndrome that goes on throughout most of my life, but nothing more than when someone has to put a hat on me or some kind of sash and go, 'We're giving you this certificate.'
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I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.
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I don't have any hobbies because my working job is my hobby. What I do is I spend my whole time looking through telescopes and having brain scans and buying books about various different ideas and I just sit around, that's my life.
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To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.
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Homeopaths do not have a physical brain, but merely 'skull water' with the memory of brains.
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Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.
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I am not man or beast I am bibliosexual, and a seedy bibliosexual who haunts the streets, laden with carrier bags held by blistered fingers, stooping under the weight of the rucksack that has brought on sciatica and a Dickensian demeanour.
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You always need to find the balance in the science, but the balance to talking about evolutionary theory is not to talk about creationism, that's not a balance, that's misleading and it's just wrong.
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If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get.
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One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.
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Science is very cross-generational you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.
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My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.
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I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.
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The worst, the most difficult thing I think is that the more you become intrigued by science and the information is out there, the more you are aware of the paucity of your own knowledge.
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I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice
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Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.
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I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life, the universe can't turn to me and go, 'What have you been doing, you idiot? That's not the point!
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