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This matter of two sides to every question is bad logic and bad practice: sometimes there are no sides; sometimes there are a hundred.

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Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.

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We claim we believe in compassion, which is an abstract, and when it's personified we discredit the man

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You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.

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The distance between taking social action and having the knowledge is as wide as the mouth of the Mississippi.

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I don't think crucifixion is the answer. I believe in the resurrection. I like that part of the story.

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We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others.

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I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.

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Television is never more false than when it's openly sincere.

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I made the mistake early in my career, when I moved to Hollywood, of being attracted to actresses. I used to go out exclusively with actresses and other female impersonators.

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The fact is that you can't have a good relationship with a girl who hasn't settled things with her father.

Mort Sahl

Mort Sahl

Mort Sahl

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Born: May 11, 1927

Died: October 26, 2021 (aged 94)

Bio: Morton Lyon "Mort" Sahl was a Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist, considered by filmmaker Robert B. Weide to be the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers, a humorist in the early 20th century.

Known for:

Max Rose (2013)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Johnny Cool (1963)
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
In Love and War (1958)

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