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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.
Mel Brooks
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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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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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Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
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My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'
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Good taste is the enemy of comedy.
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