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" The doctor heard my heartbeat and found out I had an irregular heartbeat. I was not symptomatic or aware of my symptoms. I had no idea that this could make me five times more likely to have a stroke than somebody who doesn't have this. "

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" We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life. "

Howie Mandel

Children

Childhood

Truth

" Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next. "

" My childlike qualities sometimes lead me to jump into projects without thinking of the consequences. "

Howie Mandel

Jump

Consequences

" I have to be the only person in America who had a doctor say to him, 'Please don't put any more surgical gloves on your head and inflate them.' "

" If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie? "

" I once called construction companies to bid on an addition to the school library so that there would suddenly be people outside, measuring the building. 'Who authorized this?' the principal would ask. The answer: 'Howie Mandel.' "

" I'm always on the verge of death in my head. "

" My point of reference is life, in everything that I do. "

" There were 84 original episodes. It was rated No. 1 and No. 2 on the Fox Children's Network. We figured it was time to make it available to people who have never watched it. "

" There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket. "

" Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are? Nothing is as good, except maybe having a baby. "

" I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs. "

" I think being a dad is scary. I mean, I'm not that grown-up myself. "

" I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as an adult, but I don't remember a time when I didn't have them. Back in the 1960s, when I was growing up, my symptoms didn't have a name, and you didn't go to the doctor to find out. "

" You release these things, and if they fly then you have more. "

" People who annoy people are the luckiest people in the world. "

" If you come to any of my live shows, you'll see, it's very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat. "

" I once missed an appointment because I left my house, I locked the door. And then I thought, like anybody else, you know, 'I don't think I locked the door.' I just kept going back to the door. And I couldn't stop myself from checking and checking. "

" I am beloved by millions. "

Howie Mandel

Beloved

I Am

" You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream, and says, 'Don't tell your mother.' You teach the child to lie - and to disrespect the other parent. "

" What is the luck of the draw that me - me - who finally writes a book, it comes out in the - in the - in the time, in the center of the first pandemic, H1N1? And I'm going out on signings, and I'm going out to the public. This is the one time when I need to be hermetically sealed. "

" I have thoughts - obtrusive thoughts and rituals that have to - it's like a broken re - a skipping record. And if these thoughts or these triggers happen to me through maybe shaking a hand or just a thought or just - then I can't get past it and move on with my life. "

" Diana Ross saw me on Merv Griffin and hired me to be her opening act. "

" I may be more passionate about my comedy because that's the one place where I feel comfortable - because I'm in the now. Performing is the only time of the day when I have to really force every ounce of concentration into whatever's happening in that moment. "

" I'm a huge fan of mine. I go to just about every show I do. "

Howie Mandel

Mine

About

" I know intellectually that if I shake somebody's hand that I'm not going to get sick and die. "

" Standup keeps me grounded and keeps me in touch. I get to go from small towns to big cities, across Canada and the U.S., and you're out there and talking to people. You get a sense of what they respond to. "

" I've spent more time in Las Vegas than any other city, almost including L.A. where I live. "

Howie Mandel

Time

Vegas

" We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience. "

" Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because those moments, that's what I crave. If I do something funny, and I hear a crowd laugh in that moment, we're all sharing the exact same experience and the exact same feeling. "