There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
ALAN KINGModesty is not one of my virtues.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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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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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’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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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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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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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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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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