Flip Wilson quotes
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“You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.”
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“The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.”
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“My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.”
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“If I had my whole life to live over again, I don't think I'd have the strength.”
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“My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?”
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“Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.”
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“It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.”
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“I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.”
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“Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.”
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“My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.”
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“I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.”
-- Flip WilsonSource : "Comedian Flip Wilson Dies at 64". Associated Press, quoting the 1971 year interview, www.bobbydarin.net. November 25, 1998.
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“Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.”
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“Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.”
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“Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.”
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“When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.”
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