I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
ALAN KINGMy brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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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 mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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