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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.

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A deadly sins addendum is long overdue. Life has changed since Pope Gregory the Great scribbled his initial list in the sixth century.

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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.

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When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches.

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Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.

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The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.

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There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

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On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all.

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Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.

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Supposedly, summer vacation happens because that's when the kids are home from school, although having the kids home from school is no vacation. And supposedly the kids are home from school because of some vestigial throwback to our agricultural past.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: November 14th, 1947

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