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The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.

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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As long as you're working, you stay young.
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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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When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'
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Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left
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In those days the best painkiller was ice it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.
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Sex after 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. Even putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
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I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.
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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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I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.
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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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If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
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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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Since I've made it to 87 so far, obviously my two kids and my seven grandchildren haven't been too hard on me. On the other hand, the fact that I have an unlisted phone number and move a lot might have something to do with it.
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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 was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.
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