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I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better laugh a lot and enjoy ourselves. You either get a sense of humor going or you go under.
Mel Brooks
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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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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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