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James Francis Durante , mais conhecido como Jimmy Durante, foi um cantor, pianista, comediante e ator norte-americano. Por 62 anos, foi um dos mais populares artistas norte-americanos. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. Fevereiro 1893 – 29. Janeiro 1980
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Jimmy Durante: Frases em inglês

“Be awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down.”

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As quoted in The New Speaker's Treasury of Wit and Wisdom (1958) by Herbert Victor Prochnow, p. 409
Variants:
Be nice to people on your way up, because you're going to meet them all on your way down.
As quoted in A Quote for Every Day (2011) edited by Peter A. LaPorta, p. 41
Be nice to people goin' up, because you're going to meet them all comin' down.
Be nice to 'em goin' up, because you're going to meet them all comin' down.

“Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.”

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Famous sign-off line to all his radio and TV shows, the meaning of which he never publicly revealed, leading to much speculation and many theories. Only after his death did it become public knowledge that it was reference to his first wife, Jeanne Olson, who died in 1943, and that Calabash was a private name between them for Calabasas, California, where she spent much of the final years of her life.

“Don't put no constrictions on da people. Leave 'em ta hell alone.”

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As quoted in Low Man On A Totem Pole (1941) by Harry Allen Smith, p. 185
Variante: Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone?

“I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what.”

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In reference to being teased at school as a child for his looks, as quoted in Schnozzola : The Story of Jimmy Durante (1951) by Gene Fowler
Contexto: I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, their stut- terin', or about them bein' off their nut.

“Everybody wants ta get inta da act!”

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As quoted in Billboard (23 April 1949), p. 126

“Mentioned as one of Durante's aquaintences, usually introduced in a boisterous manner, as quoted in Current Biography : Who's News and Why (1946) by Anna Rothe, p. 168”

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“I don't know where it's going, but I'm sticking with it!”

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Said after joining chorus girls in a conga line onstage, as quoted in "Tips on Tables" by Robert W. Dana (30 March 1951) http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/durante.html

“Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.”

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As quoted in Informationweek issues 699-702 (1998), p. 497 http://books.google.com/books?id=cDxVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Politics+is+developing+more+comedians+than+radio+ever+did.%22&dq=%22Politics+is+developing+more+comedians+than+radio+ever+did.%22&hl=en&ei=mre7TbTaFJCcgQfJk6noBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA

“Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee,
A dinka doo.
Oh, what a tune for crooning.
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee
A dinka doo.
It's got the whole world spooning.”

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"Inka Dinka Doo" (1933) written with Fred Ryan and Harry Donnelly.

“That's the conditions that prevail!”

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As quoted in Current Biography : Who's News and Why (1946) by Anna Rothe, p. 168 http://books.google.com/books?id=_fIpAQAAMAAJ&q=%22That's+the+conditions+that+prevail%22&pg=PA168#v=onepage

“Surrounded by assassins!”

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As quoted in Current Biography : Who's News and Why (1946) by Anna Rothe, p. 168