Writing and producing the ...

Writing and producing the show is an intellectual process. Performing the show is far more athletic and intuitive, because you don\'t get to do it twice. It helps if you\'ve done whatever the old saw is, 10,000 hours of it. Because I\'ve done 10,000 hours of comedy, I have this database in my mind of what works and what doesn\'t work.
Writing and producing the show is an intellectual process. Performing the show is far more athletic and intuitive, because you don't get to do it twice. It helps if you've done whatever the old saw is, 10,000 hours of it. Because I've done 10,000 hours of comedy, I have this database in my mind of what works and what doesn't work.
 Stephen Colbert

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So, if I'm no cheerleader of sports, why write a chapter about it? Sports do have some positive impact on society. They solve problems, such as how to get inner-city kids to spend $175 on shoes. They serve as a backdrop for some of our most memorable commercials. And they remain the one and only relevant application of math. Not only that, but we have sports to thank for most of the last century's advances in manliness. The system starts in school, where gym class separates the men from the boys. Then those men are taught to be winners, or at least, losers that hate themselves.
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 Stephen Colbert
Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding?
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NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ
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If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.
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Don’t get me wrong. Being a mom is no picnic. Raising the kids is the mother’s responsibility. It’s a thankless, solitary job, like sheriff or Pope.
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