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I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.

Don Rickles

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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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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.
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It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.
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Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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My style is my personality. It's always been that way. Being a wiseguy and having fun. It's always been that way for me, when I was in high school, and in the Navy. It's not something I rehearse.
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When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
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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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Regis Philbin is very successful in his own right. We have a new thing where he have chairs and we sit and talk to each other about my career and his career. It works pretty well if I do say so.
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I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
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I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
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I would describe myself as a guy that's very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited way.
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In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.
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I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.
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My father when walked into a room, you could tell that everybody loved him. They really did. He was quite a man. My mother was more into the show biz atmosphere than he was.
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Women were afraid of me, they were scared to death. But I always say be yourself, if you're funny then let your sense of humor go there. I mean there's no sense hiding what you feel.
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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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I always enjoy being full of fun, but I have my serious moments. Some women go for the studious kind of guy, I certainly was not that. If a girl is looking for somebody different and maybe a little more exciting for themselves - someone more on the fun side, I would suggest that they look for a type like Don Rickles.
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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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