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• ‟ A lot of racism comes from projection. White Americans have a stereotype of black people being criminals purely because they can't acknowledge that it was actually white people that stole them from Africa in the first place.

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• ‟ People hate jokes.

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• ‟ I have no real enemies in comedy, but there are a couple of people who I'd laugh about if I heard that their legs had fallen off.

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• ‟ Sectarianism is a real problem, but it should be addressed by people engaging with each other - reconciliation.

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• ‟ Comedians shame people.

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• ‟ I've said jokes where I thought people might get up and hit me for this. A couple of people have thought about it. But they didn't. It gives you a lot of power, because if you're on shows where people are worried about getting sacked and you're not, then you're transcendent because you say what other people would like to say.

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• ‟ British people have a really sophisticated sense of humour, because we're exposed to much more than Europeans and Americans, not least in our literary heritage.

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• ‟ People think that the Middle East is very complex but I have an analogy that sums it up quite well. If you imagine that Palestine is a big cake, well... that cake is being punched to pieces by a very angry Jew.

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• ‟ In a lot of farther-flung places in Scotland people are guarded at first, but as soon as they get to know you they really hate you.

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• ‟ It's always easier to dismiss other people than to go through the awkward and time consuming process of understanding them.

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• ‟ There are a lot of problems with democracy. We need to think about how to find the people most qualified for the job.

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