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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
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
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You want me to admit I'm a four-foot, six-inch freckle-faced person of Jewish extraction? I admit it. All but the extraction. But being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.
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THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAN'S SECRETS OF LONGEVITY 1. Don't run for a bus - there'll always be another. 2. Never, ever touch fried food. 3. Stay out of a Ferrari or any other small Italian car. 4. Eat fruit - a nectarine - even a rotten plum is good.
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American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it happens pretty fast. Got to get up the next morning, especially if there're kids. Can't make noise, either, wake the kids.
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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me it's a sign of security.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
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I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?
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I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.
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We want to get people laughing we don't want to offend anybody.
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Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.
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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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I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
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I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the musical highlights in it to carry it.
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My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.
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Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.
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