I was a high school throw-out.
ALAN KINGThe ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
More Alan King Quotes
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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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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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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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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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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