Social media has definitely changed the game for me. I am able to connect to my fans on twitter and interact with them, daily. YouTube has been a game changer as well - people around the world have been exposed to my comedy through my YouTube channel.

Gabriel Iglesias

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You know, a lot of people think that just 'cause you work out, lift weights, eat right, and do what people tell you to do that you'll live a long live, maybe you will. But, why do people measure life by the years instead about how good the years were.

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long years thinking

I don't want to die tomorrow knowing I could've had a piece of cake tonight.

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cake tonight knowing

There's 5 levels of fatness! Fluffy is one of the levels. There's big, healthy, husky, fluffy and damn.

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fluffy levels healthy

Why do people measure life by the years instead of how good the years were?

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people years

I'm a big boy, but I can get jiggy with it. Ladies, I will go to dance clubs, and I will tear it up hardcore for a good 30 seconds.

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With all the classes they offer at school, how come they don't have one for common sense?

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common-sense class school

When you have nothing but big friends, you never get into arguments - except one. And that is, who is the biggest? I'll let you know right now, there's only one way to settle this. We all get in a bus and we go to Disney and we get on a roller coaster - whoever gets the least amount of clicks on the safety bar is the big one.

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bars safety way

I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake.

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coke drink cake

Me racist? The only race I hate is the one you have to run.

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hate race running

Life is measured by how you lived it, not by the years.

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life-is years

You live by the cake, you die by the cake.

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cake dies live-by

We can choose our family. We can't choose our relatives.

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our-family family

Some people can handle alcohol. You know who you are. Some people can't handle alcohol. The police know who you are.

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police alcohol people

If you put your personal stories out there people always connect.

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personal-stories stories people

Why would anybody connect to someone who has everything going for them? It's the person who has faults that people want to connect to. So people identify with certain insecurities on stage and just by me talking about my diabetes people come up to me after the show and tell me "Gabe, my blood sugar is out of control and I feel you". That's the first thing they say, they say "I feel you!".

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talking blood people

I don't even have a clue as to where to find a pregnancy test. I'm looking at all the aisles... they don't have one that says 'oops.

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clue tests pregnancy

I had to travel half way across the world to be called an American.

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half way world

Anything is possible as long as you're focused, determined and you really want to do it.

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determined want long

I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'

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Wearing a Hawaiian shirt, you don't ever come across as offensive. Nobody sees you as a threat. You see someone in a Hawaiian shirt, and you are like 'this guy is ready to party.'

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offensive party guy