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Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
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"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive."
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Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive. — Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks was a Comedian from United States (1926–1954).

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Who said "Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you'…"?
This quote is attributed to Mel Brooks, a Comedian from United States.
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Mel Brooks lived from 1926 – 1954.
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