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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
Don Rickles
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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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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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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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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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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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I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
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Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.
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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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The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
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When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.
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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.
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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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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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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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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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I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
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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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I've never had guys sit me down and say this is what you've got to do. It's my personality that makes me one of a kind, and I believe that.
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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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