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If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#bigger #cancer #cell #country #cure

I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#because #better #better sense #coming #found

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. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#anything #blue #came #censors #expecting

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#been #buy #children #did #done

Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle could take Laurence Olivier and stick him under the table if he wanted to. And so could I. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#comic #could #dramatic #fool #get

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#best #best time #condition #fortunes #gambling

You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#ambition #book #going #happens #least

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#am #because #genius #hate #i

When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#american spirit #around #becoming #contribution #esteem

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#anyone #camels #distrust #drink #else