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Quote by Lenny Bruce
Todays comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comed

Todays comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he told the audience, This is my act. Todays comic is not doing an act. The audience assumes hes telling the truth. What is truth today may be a damn lie next week. – Lenny Bruce

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The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You cant fake it… try to fake three laughs in an hour – ha ha ha ha ha – theyll take you away, man. You cant. – Lenny Bruce

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The reason Im in this business, I assume all performers are — its Look at me, Ma! Its acceptance, you know — Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma. And if your mother watches, youll show off till youre exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew! – Lenny Bruce

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The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. – George Jean Nathan

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Life doesnt make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedys job is to point out that it doesnt make sense, and that it doesnt make much difference anyway. – Eric Idle

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Comedy naturally wears itself out — destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. – William Hazlitt

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Charlie Chaplins genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself. – Lita Grey Chaplin

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