I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
ALAN KINGThere’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
More Alan King Quotes
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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