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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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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'
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