My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
ALAN KINGWhen I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
More Alan King Quotes
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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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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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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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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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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 was a high school throw-out.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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