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Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.
George Burns
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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
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Street Artist
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New York City
New York
Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
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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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None of us kids had a middle name. We were lucky we had any name at all. By the time my mother got around to naming one, there was another on the way.
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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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I look better, feel better, make love better and I'll tell you something else....I never lied better.
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I get a standing ovation just standing
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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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And God said 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan.'
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When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.
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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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Tennis is a young man's game. Until you're 25, you can play singles. From 25 to 35, you should play doubles. I won't tell you exactly how old I am, but when I played, there were 28 men on the court - just on my side of the net.
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Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
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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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Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.
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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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This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.
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I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
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In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought to go into show business. I've been retired all my life.
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There are two kinds of cruises - pleasure and with children.
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It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
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