"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."
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"I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.“
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