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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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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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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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Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.
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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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I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.
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If I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with 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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Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
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When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.
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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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It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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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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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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I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
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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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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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If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
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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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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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Life's but a day at most.
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