Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
ALAN KINGComedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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.
ALAN KINGIt’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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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
ALAN KINGWhen I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
ALAN KINGI made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
ALAN KINGWe watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
ALAN KINGA summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
ALAN KINGVillains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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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.
ALAN KINGWhen 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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn’t like it. I had to get even.
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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.
ALAN KINGOne 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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGThere’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
ALAN KINGMy mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
ALAN KINGMy father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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