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I was a class clown, of the c...

I was a class clown, of the classic term for it. I would get the work done easily, and then I would try to deprive other people of their educations. I developed skills for mimicry, and I was a good showoff. I knew how to get attention, and I knew how to do it in a positive funny way.

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My mother and I had a lot of ...

My mother and I had a lot of distance between us emotionally, although, on the surface, most of the time, we appeared good and friendly, and all that. But I was a problem. I was a street kid.

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I use the [vulgar] words beca...

I use the [vulgar] words because apparently these words do not corrupt morally. I'm from the street in New York, hung around in a tough neighborhood. It was common to curse, you make your point. It's a very effective language. I try not to overdo it. It's never to shock. I know where it fits, it's never to shock. There's no shock value left in words.

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There are no bad words. Bad t...

There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.

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I believe myself to be a wort...

I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.

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One of the interesting things...

One of the interesting things about "outsidership" is that underneath it there's a longing to belong. I just wish the thing I refused to belong to - the species, Western capital culture - was a little more respectable. My one true relaxation is my flotation tank, in which I can either meditate or just drift off.

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When I'm not actually doing m...

When I'm not actually doing my work, I'm planning it or thinking about it or reading things that on some level are transformed into performance fantasies. I have no active interests.

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When I got out of high school...

When I got out of high school they retired my jersey, but it was for hygiene and sanitary reasons.

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Catholic school gave me the t...

Catholic school gave me the tools to reject the very religion they wanted me to have. They taught me how to think for myself and to be independent.

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The best thing about living a...

The best thing about living at the water's edge: You only have assholes on three sides of you, and if they come this way you can hear them splash.

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I try not to see new comics -...

I try not to see new comics - their acts or their films. Part of that is professional. I don't want to be influenced. But another part is fear and jealousy. I'm afraid to see how good they might be. I don't like that emotion, but it's part of me.

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Two things happened. The crea...

Two things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke, the ratio of pages kept to pages thrown out declined drastically. But onstage, when rapping about a feeling I already owned, I would sometimes get a burst of eloquence.

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I think there's a little more...

I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism. It's so shortsighted. Most people are interested in their own personal comfort. I've said that about environmentalists. I think they care about bike paths and places to park their Volvos, not the planet as an abstraction.

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I was never a pipe or bong ma...

I was never a pipe or bong man. That's California stuff. I was an Eastern roller.

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Whereas your blackness, ethni...

Whereas your blackness, ethnicity, homosexuality is something that might be genetic, I can't touch that, and I have no right.

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People are dreaming if they t...

People are dreaming if they think they have rights. They've never had rights. There's no such thing.

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When it comes to bullshit, yo...

When it comes to bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion... Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do.

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You ever notice that? Any tim...

You ever notice that? Any time you see two groups of people who really hate each other, chances are good they're wearing different kind of hats. Keep an eye on that, it might be important.

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I became a guy who wanted to ...

I became a guy who wanted to be a comedian someday, or a comic actor. The way I put it was, I'll be like Danny Kaye. He was kind of the model I had in mind.

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Sun worship is fairly simple....

Sun worship is fairly simple. There's no mystery, no miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to learn, and we don't have a special building where we all gather once a week to pare compare clothing.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....