I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
ALAN KINGAs life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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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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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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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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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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