American - Comedian | March 16, 1926 -
I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.
Jerry Lewis
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You can't be faulted for being selfish if you're going to get better because of it.
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I say to everybody, love is what wakes you up in the morning, love is what makes you walk, and love is what makes you hope.
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That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love.
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You think about getting old, but when you get there, it's not what you thought it would be.
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Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us.
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Nothing can stop anyone who has a love and passion about their work.
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I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.
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Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.
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Love is what makes you dream, and love is what makes you want to get up in the morning. Love is something that you want to be a part of because it makes you better.
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Being 90 is not simple, but it's interesting, very interesting. Before I was 90, I could walk, I could see well, I could hear terrific, and now, I can't hear or see or walk.
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God hadn't made me handsome, but he'd given me something, I always felt: funny bones.
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