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Immortality is a by-product of good work.

Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.
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I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Never retire! Do what you do and keep doing it. But don't do it on Friday. Take Friday off. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, go fishing...Then Monday to Thursday, do what you've been doing all your life. My point is: Live full and don't retreat.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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