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Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.
— Hannah Gadsby
Tags: stop, road, never, you

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The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.
— Hannah Gadsby
Tags: own, comedy, your, you
I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways.
— Hannah Gadsby
Tags: got, come, things
If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in the world.
— Hannah Gadsby
Tags: person, think, world, me
A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.
— Hannah Gadsby
Tags: something, criticism, people, art
The only people I don't reach on a very personal level are straight white men. They don't really need another entertainer dedicated for them exclusively, so they're fine.
— Hannah Gadsby
Tags: only, white, men, people
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