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" When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. "
Mel Brooks
You
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Come
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" If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. "
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" Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director. "
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" No, no, the songs write themselves, almost. "
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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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" Humor is just another defense against the universe. "
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" He who hesitates is poor. "
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" We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody. "
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" Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart. "
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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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" 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 we do in life is based on fear, especially love. "
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Based
Fear
Everything
" 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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" Immortality is a by-product of good work. "
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Immortality
Work
" 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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Wife
Short
" I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films. "
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Loved
Horror
Horror Films
" Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. "
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Bad
Taste
" If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win. "
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You
Win
Trade
" 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. "
Mel Brooks
You
Good
Chance
" 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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You
Ideas
Support
" A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance. "
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Mathematics
Lot
Music
" 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 don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. "
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Burn
Mission
Torch
" I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. "
Mel Brooks
Dangerous
Rock
Like
" My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. "
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Out
Most
Job
" You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it. "
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You
Risk
" It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. "
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Got
Either
" Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, 'Star Wars', and 'Star Trek'. "
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" If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. "
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