Carlos Mencia Quotes

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Carlos Mencia

Profession : Comedian

Birth : October 22, 1967

The word 'epiphany' gets thrown around, but truly, the first time I stepped on stage, I had that moment of clarity. I realized God gave me a gift, and this gift is to make people laugh, and this gift should not be wasted on trying to configure some electrical components.

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You know what, I stopped doing 'Mind of Mencia' because it got hard, and there was a lot of fighting, and it was just time to move on.

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I can't imagine how unbelievable it would be to go to the Great Barrier Reef.

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I am an extremist.

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When I was young and didn't have money, I liked gambling because winning and losing was fun for the rush of it.

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I like to look in the crevices of things, the nooks and the crannies. I like to see the things other people don't see, don't want to look at.

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I'm a spiritual person: I believe that if you read the Bible, you get what you want from it. But, when you actually read it, you see the beauty, spirituality, the joy and love, and what makes us godly.

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I'm a teacher and a philosopher by nature... In the end, I'm trying to teach people to live a better life. And if I can do that on top of entertain, then I leave the world a better place.

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I'm not good looking, but I'm not bad looking.

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My choices are made out of love. When I go on stage now, I want to make people happy. I mean, when I get hecklers now, I'm nice to them!

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I've gotten in trouble with every race you can imagine. They say, 'I can't believe you talked about this - you're racist.' And I say, 'How can I be racist? Isn't racism exclusionary? If all of you are offended, that means I'm including every race in my jokes.'

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I know that if any other comedian came up to me questioning something I did or said, it would be literally settled in a heartbeat. I love comedy. I give to comedy. I don't take from comedy.

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I will make a joke about any of my family members, about me, about my wife, if I really thought that I'm doing it to be funny. If there's some darkness to it, or I think it's ill-willed or mean or not cool, then I won't do it.

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I believe that my part to play in this world is stand-up.

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My birth name is Ned Mencia.

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Guys like Rogan literally want to ruin my career. That's unbelievably cruel and hurtful, and I never want to be that guy.

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I don't do anything out of negativity anymore.

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Just because my name is Carlos Mencia, don't think my show is going to be about the difference between Mexicans and white people.

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When I tell a joke, I immediately know whether it's funny or not.

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I'm like most people in America. I'm conservative on some things, and I'm liberal on other things.

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