We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
ALAN KINGAs a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
More Alan King Quotes
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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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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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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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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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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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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