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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.

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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Donald Jay Rickles
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Donald J. Rickles
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I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
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I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
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You've got to be able to sell yourself.
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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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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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Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.
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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 never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, Hey, when do the broads come on? I got good at saying, Relax. Clear your skin up first. They called me the insult guy, but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.
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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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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 have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
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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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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 old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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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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People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.
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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.
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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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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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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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