Kyle Kinane Quotes

#1. The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times.

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#2. I am somehow allowed by the universe to do exactly what I want to do to make a living.

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#3. Sometimes your dreams come true, and it's a real drag.

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#4. I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.

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#5. In 2007, I had on-paper success. I got to go to that Aspen comedy festival, which was pretty exclusive, I guess. Then I did Carson Daly. That was enough validation.

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#6. When I lived in Chicago, I didn't like it. It's nice to visit.

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#7. The category I come closest to is 'lumberjack hipster.'

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#8. I now get to have the life I wanted when I was 18 years old. Now, I'm like, 'I can buy any skateboard I want.'

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#9. I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I can't enjoy anything.

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#10. Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.'

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#11. I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.'

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#12. I know what I like, and I'm not trying to adapt to new things.

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#13. It's a Vietnamese soup that answers the question, 'What happens when a former child soldier pours hot rain water over fish nightmares.' It's delicious and I can't stop eating it, that's what happens.

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#14. Nobody mountain bikes anymore - or ever did - in comedy, so I have to go by myself.

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#15. What is there to say about ChUC other than it's a comedy show done the right way in the right space. Fantastic comics, welcoming audience. Always great.

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#16. I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down.

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#17. Young writers take themselves very seriously in college.

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#18. The exciting part about life is finding out what you can't do, because you don't find out until you try to do something and you're stopped.

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#19. My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.

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#20. I still love a well-crafted joke. Twitter's been great for that.

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#21. I'm not on this earth to be a goalie. I'm not here to stop somebody from accomplishing their goals. If you're not hurting anybody, I'm here to either assist or get out of the way

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#22. I'm hardly a known name, but I don't want to go, like, 'Oh, people call me a storyteller comedian, let me just go up and just talk about my day.' I don't want that to happen.

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#23. I don't want to make it a hard, fast rule, but it's surprising how many 'fun for the whole family' acts are real scumbags. The people that confess they're scumbags on stage are generally really great people. They're more honest with the audience with who they are.

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#24. I eat the same way Doc Brown fuels the DeLorean at the end of Back to the Future.

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#25. I'm lucky I'm a comedian, 'cause otherwise my life would just be a series of undocumented low points.

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