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In show business, it takes 10 years to create an overnight success. You've heard that, right? But what you don't hear is that that's the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.

I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.

Eventually, somewhere - be it on the Internet or somewhere else - I will host some version of 'The Daily Show.'

My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.

I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to do it is in show business.

Show me what a man hates and I'll show you what he is.

Show me the artist anywhere who's had an utterly stable mental life, and I'll buy you hot dinners for the rest of your life.

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.

The best part about DJing a fashion show after-party or event is being able to correlate the emotions of the collection with music, just as you would for a show.

All my shows are great. Some of them are bad. But they are all great.

What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back to normal school. It was the smartest thing they ever did.

If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

Show me a woman with a subscription to a bridal magazine and I'll show you someone who doesn't even have a boyfriend.

We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things.

I think in show business, it's really kind of easy to perpetuate that feeling of, like, Oh, I don't measure up. Or always having to prove yourself.

I grew up being educated by Sesame Street and gained a sense of humor from The Muppet Show. I'd give my right foot to be able to do a scene or two with the Muppets.

I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.

There's no show business in Canada, so everybody just did stand-up and we all thought, "Oh, we'll just keep doing stand-up." And then I'm like, "There's more work in the States."

If you get outside the world of show business and its satellites, there's a whole world of car nuts in the Los Angeles area.

I don't watch much television. Yeah, that's pretty funny. I don't know where The Daily Show stand politically, do you?

Being in the presence of the "other" seems to show me who I am in a way that is really important to me. I feel radically more comfortable in Laos, say, than I do in Pennsylvania.

I was raised by somebody with the perception of trying to allow me the space and show me the importance of knowing who I was and figuring out who I was and appreciating who I was.

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.

Angel looks down at him and says, “Oh, pretty boy, Can't you show me nothing but surrender?

in show business there's not much point in asking yourself if someone really likes you or if he just thinks you can be useful to him, because there's no difference.

There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.

I didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.

In my opinion, life is more important than show business.

When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned.

I'm not railing, 'This is inadequate' or 'This isn't right.' Just show me what will work.

Show me a country where the bombs had to fallShow me the ruins of buildings so tallAnd I'll show you a young landWith many reasons whyThere but for fortune, go you or IYou or I.

Show me a woman content with her figure and I'll show you a seven-year-old girl. Everybody else is engaged in the war against flab.

I'm the fourth generation to be in show business. It's pretty neat; it's nice to have that family history.

I have this mistress: show business.

If you are going to survive in business, show business or any business, then you have to be bold.

If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan!

Well, no one treats me like a full-fledged royal, said Lissa, turning back to the dresses. No reason to act like one now. Show me your straps and short-sleeves.

I absolutely believe that people should show respect to everybody, regardless of their lifestyle, regardless of their beliefs, religious beliefs or any other kind of belief.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

The first year or so on The Daily Show is pretty intense in terms of travel. You're going to the worst places in the country, talking to the craziest people in the world.

Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard.

You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has lived a very closed life.

If your in business your in show business. The moment you get to work your on stage. Give your performance of your life.

Every service problem is as an opportunity to show you care.

Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.