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Comedy is inherently subversive because it turns the normal reality on its head. The art form is all about these questions and contradictions. In comedy, we're dealing with language that we all understand, but words can have a dozen other things around them that alter or affect meaning.


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PAUL HARRIS I know you are, but what am I? As Pee-Wee Herman
PAUL REUBENS Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national ...
PAUL WEST I'm a science guy. I'm a geek. I love geology and botany and marine science. I thought maybe...
PAUL WALKER Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity.
PAUL RYAN We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capabl...
PAUL KRUGMAN Business is all about solving people's problems - at a profit.
PAUL MARSDEN Our border security is laughable.
PAUL GOSAR While Secretary Napolitano may be gone, she will not be forgotten. Her inaction and incompetence on ...
PAUL GOSAR Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.
RAND PAUL The consequences of Fast and Furious are higher crime and more deaths. I remain committed to seeing ...
PAUL GOSAR We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; bu...
PAUL CELLUCCI There's a little war in progress here. There won't be anything left of the place if it goes on at th...
PAUL BOWLES Mr. Obama would be a disheartening president even during a super boom, with his grim demeanor and em...
PAUL JOHNSON I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four b...
PAUL GASCOIGNE