I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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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.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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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 kept the house clean and we ate good.
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