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I tell ya, my wife's a lousy cook. After dinner, I don't brush my teeth. I count them.

— Rodney Dangerfield It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect But Plenty of Sex and Drugs (2004)

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I was an ugly kid. When I was born, after the doctor cut the cord, he hung himself.

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When I was a kid, I never went to Disneyland. My ol' man told me Mickey Mouse died in a cancer experiment.

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Why, that's the story of my life--no respect; I mean, I don't get no respect at all!

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My old man never liked me. He gave me my allowance in traveler's checks.

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