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An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
Oscar Levant
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Oscar Levant
Age: 65 †
Born: 1906
Born: December 26
Died: 1972
Died: August 14
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Jazz Musician
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I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.
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My last picture for Warners was Romance on the High Seas. It was Doris Day's first picture that was before she became a virgin.
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Debbie Reynolds is as wistful as an iron foundry.
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You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket)
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In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.
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When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.
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I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.
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It'd be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.
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Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
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Happiness isn't something you experience it's something you remember.
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Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts.
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I played an unsympathetic part -- myself.
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Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.
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