My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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