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They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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Queens
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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.
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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
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