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Just because you're old that doesn't mean you're more forgetful. The same people whose names I can't remember now I couldn't remember fifty years ago. . .
George Burns
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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
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George N. Burns
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It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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As long as you're working, you stay young.
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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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A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.
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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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Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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I've been a straight man for so many years that from force of habit I repeat everything. I went out fishing with a fellow the other day and he fell overboard. He yelled, Help! Help! Help! so I said, Help? Help? Help? And while I was waiting for him to get his laugh, he drowned.
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Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read.
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Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.
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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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I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.
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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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