"Performing is just standing up there and doing……" — Alan King
"Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context."
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42 Quotes by Alan King
Alan King has 42 quotes on this site.
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Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how…
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When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn't…
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make…
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As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and…
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy.…
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I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early…
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.
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