“Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.”
More from Steve Martin on Humor
“What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.”
“I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.”
“Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.”
“Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.”
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Henry Kissinger
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Rodney Dangerfield
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