My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
ALAN KINGLarry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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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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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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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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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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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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 set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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