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" When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight. "
Don Rickles
You
New
Little
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" I don't say I was the first, because, who knows, maybe there was a guy out in Minnesota doing it before me. "
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" Honestly, I didn't realize it - all of a sudden, I was 90. The years skipped by quickly. When it happened, I said, 'Where did the time go?' "
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" When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. "
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" My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king. "
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Book
Day
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Sell
My Own
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" Frank Sinatra. Hey, Frank, I saw you in 'The Pride and Passion,' and I want to tell you the cannon was wonderful! "
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" Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, 'Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?' "
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Like
Side
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Soul
School
Life
" In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know. "
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Ride
Hour
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