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As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.

Alan King

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Alan King
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: December 26
Died: 2004
Died: May 9
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
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Brooklyn
New York
Life
Pleasures
Eggs
Sex
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Second
Food
Thickly
Pleasure
Salami
Better
Sliced

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