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I'm always giving myself the Alzheimer's test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F. ↗

— Ray Romano

#alzheimer #begins #comes #every #giving

In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh. ↗

— Ray Romano

#did #get #good #good student #i

It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing. ↗

— Ray Romano

#common #common denominator #denominator #lot #low

I was born in the USA, which many people still find hard to believe. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#born #find #hard #i #i was born

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis. ↗

— Ray Romano

#am #attitude #big #crisis #emptiness

The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play. ↗

— Ray Romano

#buddies #fence #first #first time #golf

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience. ↗

— Ray Romano

#audience #comedy #format #gratification #i

When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid. ↗

— Ray Romano

#common #common denominator #denominator #form #go

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something. ↗

— Ray Romano

#course #god #golf #golf course #good

I pay my own bills. I feel my own pain. ↗

— Romario

#feel #i #i feel #my own #own