You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
ALAN KINGThere’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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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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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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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 won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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