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?
ALAN KINGEverything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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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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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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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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