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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More Alan King Quotes
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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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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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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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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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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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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.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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