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"I heard it several years ago and still I have tears every time." — @bethlandis
1:05
"I heard it several years ago and still I have tears every time." — @bethlandis
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Barbers of Belmont
3:18
Barbers of Belmont
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"One of the cops said, 'Oh, you think you can do better?'"
"One of the cops said, 'Oh, you think you can do better?'"
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"He went somewhere; you could see it. And there was no pain. There's a quiet dignity in there."
"He went somewhere; you could see it. And there was no pain. There's a quiet dignity in there."
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"I like it so much, I don't even want to charge the people. That's how much I like it."
"I like it so much, I don't even want to charge the people. That's how much I like it."
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"My dad was subversively funny. He had a whole kind of Rolodex of one-liners for every occasion."
"My dad was subversively funny. He had a whole kind of Rolodex of one-liners for every occasion."
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"I always knew what I wanted to be, from the time I was 8 years old, which was to be a tugboat captain."
"I always knew what I wanted to be, from the time I was 8 years old, which was to be a tugboat captain."
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"My mother, well, she didn't know how to say 'colander' in English..."
"My mother, well, she didn't know how to say 'colander' in English..."
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"I think I might want to be straight with a nice husband, but, of course, I don't have any idea what it's like to have kids, 'cause I am a kid myself."
"I think I might want to be straight with a nice husband, but, of course, I don't have any idea what it's like to have kids, 'cause I am a kid myself."
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"My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown."
"My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown."
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"You know, when everybody's poor, nobody feels poor."
"You know, when everybody's poor, nobody feels poor."
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"So, this is the ring that my father gave to my mother."
"So, this is the ring that my father gave to my mother."
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"It was a very popular song when I was born. I really don't know how I know all the words."
"It was a very popular song when I was born. I really don't know how I know all the words."
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"Saturday was cleaning day. And while grandma and I did that together, we listened to 'The Make-Believe Ballroom' on the radio."
"Saturday was cleaning day. And while grandma and I did that together, we listened to 'The Make-Believe Ballroom' on the radio."
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"If the world today would be like Coney Island was at that time, it would be no trouble."
"If the world today would be like Coney Island was at that time, it would be no trouble."
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"Poppy used to say, 'Don't ever let me find out that you took one rubber band from the five-and-dime."
"Poppy used to say, 'Don't ever let me find out that you took one rubber band from the five-and-dime."
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The Last Elevator
3:38
The Last Elevator
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Seymour Rexite, The Yiddish Crooner
6:19
Seymour Rexite, The Yiddish Crooner
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The Jewish Philosopher
12:46
The Jewish Philosopher
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Levine and His Flying Machine
11:23
Levine and His Flying Machine
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