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Donald Trump is not a 71-year-old white man. He is an Indian uncle. He wears suits that don't fit; he can't speak English properly. He works with his idiotic sons; he hates women but loves his daughter. He makes up words when he gets angry. He is an Indian uncle.

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Everybody's past and history informs them.

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Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.

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My favorite comedians are just presenting an argument, and they're doing it in a funny way.

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The day-to-day microaggressions that we all face, yeah, you have to let some stuff slide, or you go, 'I gotta keep moving; there's bigger fish to fry.' It's something that I still deal with. But I've tried to have the audacity of equality and to follow my heart in those moments where I feel like something is wrong.

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As a single guy, the baseline of what I needed was so low. I just needed an air mattress, food, and rent money.

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To show that a comedian on stage in India talking about sanitation or in South Africa talking about HIV and AIDS awareness, if you follow the joke into their lives, you can see that, like, oh, these things aren't just contrived in joke books. This is real life. I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, Oh, this is what it is.

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Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.

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My dad was the only son from his entire family to come to America, and I was his only son. We had come to the States to achieve security and success for our family. Rules were simple: No fun, no friends, no girls. Go to school, come home, and study.

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