Paula Poundstone
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"Paula Poundstone" is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator, known for her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy. She rose to fame with a series of one hour HBO comedy specials and her backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and is now heard on National Public Radio's (NPR) weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, internationally on NPR Worldwide, and on the Internet via podcast, and tours across the country performing standup comedy.

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Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas.

The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't do it, then no one is sure it should be done.

I don't have a bank account, because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.

It is the best part of the night. The classic (interactive) lines are 'Where are you from? What do you do for a living?' I almost always get something interesting.

They say that the wages of sin is death. But after taxes its just a tired feeling really.

I think that's why they have so many relgious freaks in the airports...they even keep the flowers behind the counter 'Go, go my children...be fruitful and annoy."

I like to work on New Year's Eve. It has a nice spirit; a nice feel about it. If you are all about the 'year-end' thing at all, then laughing with fellow human beings is a great way to start the new year.

I'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason.

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.