Alan King Quotes
Right when I started in show... Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe's State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, 'That's who I want to be; that's what I want to be.'
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A good life is a main argument.
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He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him!
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All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.
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Over the hills and far away.
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Right when I started in show... Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe's State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, 'That's who I want to be; that's what I want to be.'
Alan King