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If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

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Alan King
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: December 26
Died: 2004
Died: May 9
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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One thing I've never said in my whole life is, 'Let's have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.'
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living.
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I can't get through the day.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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I had a sympathetic role in 'thirtysomething,' and in two weeks I'm going to do the role again. But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It's much more fun. Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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My father helped me leave. He said, 'It's all out there, it's not here.'
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!
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It's not easy being a father, but I've been allowed a comeback.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning. That's the only way I can get through the day, having a specific meal to look forward to at night.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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