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Hell, do I remember the first joke? I was never a jokester.

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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
Singer
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Voice Actor
Queens
New York
Donald Jay Rickles
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Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
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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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Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
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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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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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Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
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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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When you do see me, you'll get the idea from when you see me that it's all off the top of my head. A lot of it is a beginning, middle and the end. But it's different every night. I have a lot of jokes in my back pocket I've said over the years.
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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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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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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
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I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.
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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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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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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit.
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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 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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Who am I to judge is what I say. I'm 90 years old, for crying out loud, and I don't sit in any chariot.
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