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" I don't like to compare myself with anybody. "
Don Rickles
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" Nobody ever dared with Frank, because he had such mood swings, and you never knew how he was going to react. But I could tell the minute I saw him that he was going to be in my corner. "
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" Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. "
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" Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. "
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" Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. "
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" Being in the Navy, when I came home, it changed your whole life. You're 18, you go away for two and a half years, you come home - boy, you're a different person. "
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" When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!' "
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" Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood. "
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" I've been to Philadelphia a lot of times over the years, playing the old Celebrity Room and most of the other clubs around there that don't exist anymore. "
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" It takes many years to be a great comedian. "
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" I used to work over a bar. That was - there was no stage. I stood over a tiny bar. Louis Prima, rest his soul, he worked there. I was the guy that filled in when he was off the stage. "
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" The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.' "
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Longevity
" The inaugural of Ronald Reagan, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And that was the greatest thing. Ronald Reagan and George Bush. That was - I still remember like it was yesterday. "
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Greatest
" When you do comedy, you can't please the world, although I'd like to think that most of my audiences were on my side. "
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" Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine. "
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Will
Me
King
" They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities. "
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Always
Me
Sitting
" I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. "
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Stand
Know
" Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is. "
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Head
" There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage. "
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Friendly
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" Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel. "
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Never
End Of The Tunnel
" Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black. "
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Blacks
Why Not
Why
" I've never gone to comedy clubs. "
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Gone
Clubs
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" I was a mother's boy. "
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Mother
Boy
" I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is. "
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" When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit. "
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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. "
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" I don't do impressions. "
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" My whole act is off the top of my head. "
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Top
" You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh. "
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" Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore. "
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