The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
ALAN KINGAs a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
More Alan King Quotes
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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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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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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 favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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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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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