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1 " I've had great success being a total idiot. "
― Jerry Lewis
2 " I've had great success being a total idiot. "
3 " Pity? [If] you don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair, stay in your house! "
4 " I get paid for what most kids get punished for. "
5 " I shall pass through this world but once, any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again "
6 " Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands "
7 " When I awoke on Wednesday afternoon, I understood how an amputee must feel. "
― Jerry Lewis , Dean and Me: A Love Story
8 " He watched me breathe. He knew my breath. "
9 " If you knock even the most hateful human being, you will come out of the encounter looking less than heroic. People almost always side with the one being attacked. "
10 " When we reached the car that was waiting to take us back to the Copa, Dean actually spoke to me for the first time in weeks. "You did that good, pal," he said. "Thanks," I said, and then we were quiet. Very quiet. "
