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" Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you. "
Mel Brooks
Just
Around
Life
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" I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. "
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" Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. "
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" Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. "
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" If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. "
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" Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius. "
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" Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you've gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them. "
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" I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films. "
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Horror
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" Humor is just another defense against the universe. "
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Against
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" If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. "
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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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Jewish
Because
" 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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Run
People
" 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
" Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy. "
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Big
Laughter
Size
" I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. "
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Me
Army
" He who hesitates is poor. "
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He
Hesitates
Poor
" I only direct in self-defense. "
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Direct
Only
" 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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" If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. "
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Got
Living
" I wish I was better looking. "
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Better
I Wish
" But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality. "
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Taste
Bad
" I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. "
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Mission
Torch
" I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. "
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" I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage. "
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" As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. "
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