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Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
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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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It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.
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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've been taught ever since I was a kid that sex is filthy and forbidden, and that's the way I think it should be. The filthier and more forbidden it is, the more exciting it is.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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