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Love is a lot like a backache. It doesn't show up on x-rays, but you know it's there.

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
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Writer
New York City
New York
Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
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If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.
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It's better to be happy doing something you love, even if you don't find success right away.
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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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A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.
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Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left
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The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.
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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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Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.
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Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size.
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First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
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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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In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.
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Age to me means nothing. I can't get old I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
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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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If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
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When I die I intend to take my music with me. I don't know what's out there, but I want to make sure it's in my key.
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