“Do you know the first thing I said as a child, before I said "Mama" or "Dada"? I said "Leave me alone!"”

—  Jerry Seinfeld

(laughs) Is that not the mantra of stand-up comedy?
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012 — Present), Season 3 (2014)

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