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Be quick to learn and wise to know.

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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Street Artist
Television Actor
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New York City
New York
Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
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It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.
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There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.
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It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
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Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
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I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem.
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Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.
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Say Goodnight Gracie.
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What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.
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I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.
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The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.
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At my age flowers scare me.
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I did go to school - my kind of school. When I was a kid I went out ... and you meet people. You talk to them. Anybody says something that makes sense, it stays with you, rubs off on you. That kind of school.
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Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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Much later in life, though, Gracie made a major contribution to the opera world. She stayed out of it.
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I get a standing ovation just standing
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My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.
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There are many ways to die in bed, but the best way is not alone.
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Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size.
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