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We want to get people laughing we don't want to offend anybody.
Mel Brooks
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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
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In every spoof I make real love to the things I am spoofing.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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When I was a little boy, I thought when I grew up I would talk Yiddish. I thought little kids talked English, but when they became adults, they would talk Yiddish like the adults did. There would be no reason to talk English anymore, because we would have made it.
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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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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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My liveliness is based on an incredible fear of death. In order to keep death at bay, I do a lot of Yah! Yah! Yah! And death says, All right. He's too noisy and busy. I'll wait for someone who's sitting quietly, half asleep.
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Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go.
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