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I don't care what you do for a living. If you love it, you are a success.

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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Much later in life, though, Gracie made a major contribution to the opera world. She stayed out of it.
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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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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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Let me get one thing straight I'm not an authority on sex, I'm more of a fan. I think sex is nice no family should be without it. Of course, there are other things that are just as important as sex, like uh . . . like uh . . . like . . . uh . . . well, I'll think of it later.
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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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I drink coffee with my right hand, and I smoke with my left. But I talk with both hands.
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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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It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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