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Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
Actor
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Brooklyn
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If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.
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Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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Do you have a dollar on you? I hate to answer questions for nothing.
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I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.
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One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.
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My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.
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I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.
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Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Tolstoy was the most gifted writer who ever lived. It's like he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even go through his mind on its way to the page.
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I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.
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If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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