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" If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. "
Mel Brooks
Beat
None
Got
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" No, no, the songs write themselves, almost. "
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" But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality. "
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" He who hesitates is poor. "
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" I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all. "
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" The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character. "
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Always
Back
" When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. "
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" Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. "
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Fear
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" I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. "
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" A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. We're all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote. "
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Anxiety
Balance
" I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. "
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Months
Last
" You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it. "
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You
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" I wish I was better looking. "
Mel Brooks
Looking
Better
I Wish
" I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front. "
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Believe
Front
Business
" As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me. "
Mel Brooks
Far
Mean
Me
" All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security. "
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Women
Wife
Short
" If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. "
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You
Got
Living
" My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. "
Mel Brooks
Out
Most
Job
" As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. "
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Mistakes
Spinning
Long
" I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. "
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Me
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" I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up. "
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Win
Run
People
" I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. "
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Love
I Love
Writing
" I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. "
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Dangerous
Rock
Like
" There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere. "
Mel Brooks
Film
Me
Somewhere
" Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him. "
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Human
Living
Skin
" It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. "
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Got
Either
" Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance. "
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Good
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