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I tell ya, my wife likes to talk during sex. Last night, she called me from a motel.

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

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What a childhood I had. My mother never breast-fed me. She said she liked me as a friend.

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What a childhood I had. Once on my birthday my ol' man gave me a bat. The first day I played with it, it flew away.

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I was an ugly kid. I worked in a pet store. People kept asking how big I get.

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A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower."

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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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