My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
ALAN KINGMy father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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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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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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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