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.
ALAN KINGComedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
More Alan King Quotes
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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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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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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