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She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
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New York City
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George N. Burns
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Life's but a day at most.
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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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When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.
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I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.
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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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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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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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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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Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too.
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It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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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. . .
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Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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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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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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If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.
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How can I die? I'm booked.
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