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Be quick to learn and wise to know.

George Burns

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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
Writer
New York City
New York
Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
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Inspirational

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I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.
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This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.
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When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.
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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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Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.
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If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
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How can I die? I'm booked.
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You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
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If I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with it.
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Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
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If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
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Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.
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I'm onstage for an hour.I do an hour of stand-up. Actually, I do 10 minutes standing up and 50 minutes sitting in a chair. Oh, occasionally, I stand up again to do a dance or put over a song. But mostly I sit down. A great invention, sitting down.
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