On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted.
JOAN RIVERSBo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn’t remember the lines.
More Joan Rivers Quotes
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If you can’t make fun of yourself, you don’t have any right to make fun of others.
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Grandchildren can be annoying – how many times can you go: “And the cow goes moo and the pig goes oink”? It’s like talking to a supermodel.
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Before we make love, my husband takes a pain killer.
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Some women take up the law and become lawyers. Other women lay down the law and become wives.
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I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.
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My parents hated me. All I ever heard was, “Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia? Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia?” Shelia had died at birth.
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I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.
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My earliest childhood memory was watching my parents loosen the wheels on my stroller.
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A Mafia guy in Vegas gave me this advice: “Run your own race, put on your blinders.”
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If two people want to get married, get married! The Victorians had a great saying: As long as it doesn’t scare the horses, do what you want. And I absolutely believe that.
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I’m racist? How can that even be possible? I was a friend of Michael Jackson’s back when he was black.
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I saw what’s going on under my chin. I don’t want to be the one the President has to pardon on Thanksgiving.
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On the Vanna White diet, you only eat what you can spell.
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I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.
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