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" I always say, when you're onstage you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's okay. Thank God the majority are in my corner. "

Don Rickles

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You

Thank God

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Greatest

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Want

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Building

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Day

King

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" I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness. "

" I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important. "

" Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one. "

" Some people say funny things, but I say things funny. "

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" I'm a New Yorker, originally. I was raised in Jackson Heights. I went to P.S. 148 and then Newtown High School. If World War II didn't come, I'd still be there in school. World War II saved me. "

" Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings, and you come out and fight. "

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Why

You

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" Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. "

" Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel. "